health and wellness

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true;  (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one’s own close relatives. My own veneration for other faiths is the same as that for my own faith; therefore, no thought of conversion is possible.

I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.

An eye for an eye only succeeds in making the whole world blind.

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him. In this way, a true teacher regards himself as a student of his students. If you will teach your pupils with this attitude, you will benefit much from them.

The things that will destroy us are: politics without principle; pleasure without conscience; wealth without work; knowledge without character; business without morality; science without humanity; and worship without sacrifice.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive, because your words become your behaviours. Keep your behaviours positive, because your behaviours become your habits. Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.

The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in the service of others.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.

My religion is based on truth and nonviolence. Truth is my God. Nonviolence is the means of realizing Him.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with dirty feet.

God comes to the hungry in the form of food.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long an arduous quest after Truth.

Prayer is not asking. It is a language of the soul.

God has no religion.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

If we are to reach real peace in this world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with children; and if they will grow up in their natural innocence, we won’t have to struggle; we won’t have to pass fruitless idle resolutions, but we shall go from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all the corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which consciously or unconsciously the whole world is hungering.

What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?

I understand…that those who desired salvation should act like the trustee who, though having control over great possessions, regards not an iota of them as his own.

I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.

          -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)