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How does Stoicism connect to the bigger picture? Mahatma Gandhi understood these relationships deeply. This collection shows you how they integrated Stoicism into their broader philosophy, with each quote fully sourced. Use it to build coherent mental models rather than collecting isolated ideas. When you need Mahatma Gandhi's systematic thinking on Stoicism, start here.
"Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education."
"My life is my message."
"Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind."
"Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment."
"Constant development is the law of life."
"You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results."
"I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet."
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
"Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear."
"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."
"Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man."
"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."
"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."
"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
"Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep."
"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."
"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."
"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver."
"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."
Book: The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer (Quoted conversation)
"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes."
"Cowardice is perhaps the greatest vice of a person."
"Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as in being able to remake ourselves."
"Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being."
"To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer."
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please."
"Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served."
"To lose patience is to lose the battle."
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
"Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind."
"The soul of reform is the reform of the soul."
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul."
"Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into."
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