"To observe morality is to attain mastery..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.
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“If I was to be their real teacher and guardian, I must touch their hearts, I must share their joys and sorrows, I must help them to solve the problems that faced them, and I must take along the right channel the surging aspirations of their youth.”
“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”
“To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.”
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“Caesar was a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.”
“The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.”
“Assasination on the scaffold is the worst form of assasination, because there it is invested with the approval of society.”
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“An angry man is full of poison.”
“Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in the first place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason.”
“Anger or hatred is like a fisherman's hook. It is very important for us to ensure that we are not caught by it.”