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41 " Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. "
― Mahatma Gandhi
42 " To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man. "
43 " Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue. "
44 " To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. "
45 " The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind. "
46 " All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul. "
47 " It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business. "
48 " I call him religious who understands the suffering of others. "
49 " Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew. "
50 " Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God,' - this appears to be the commandment in all religions. This need not frighten anyone. He who devotes himself to service with a clear conscience, will day by day grasp the necessity for it in greater measure, and will continually grow richer in faith. The path of service can hardly be trodden by one who is not prepared to renounce self-interest, and to recognize the conditions of his birth. Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make not only for our own happiness but that of the world at large. "
51 " A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion. "
52 " If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern! "
53 " Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is. "
54 " There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent. "
55 " A man, whilst he is dreaming, believes in his dream; he is undeceived only when he is awakened from his slumber. "
― Mahatma Gandhi , Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule
56 " It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for one another. Wisdom without science is unable to penetrate the full sapiential meaning of the created and the material cosmos. Science without wisdom leaves man enslaved to a world of unrelated objects in which there is no way of discovering (or creating) order and deep significance in man's own pointless existence. (p. 4) "
― Mahatma Gandhi , Gandhi on Non-Violence
57 " What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy? "
58 " An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should be resisted not by counter-violence but by nonviolence. This I do by breaking the law and by peacefully submitting to arrest and imprisonment. "
― Mahatma Gandhi ,
59 " Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest. "
60 " I want freedom for the full expression of my personality. "
― Mahatma Gandhi , The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas