Mahatma Gandhi born October 2, 1869

[Jack Rabbit]

Photo from India Space Network

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1. The Gandhi

Let us take some time
From the busy time of days
To thank this great man

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[Pale Blue Dot]

2. I wish we had him around today.

Seriously, where's the Ghandi or MLK of our generation?

[T Bone]

3. This might be a good thread for some quotes

Got any Ghandi quotes?

[prolesunited]

5. Gandhi quotes

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness

I have endeavored to show that there is no real service of humanity in the profession and that it is injurious to mankind.

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

If you don't ask, you don't get.

Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, ALWAYS.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

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

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

Hate the sin and love the sinner.

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

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.

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.

Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

[Pale Blue Dot]

6. Thanks for my new sig. line, prolesunited!

nt

[prolesunited]

9. You're welcome!

Excellent choice. That is one of my favorites as well. He and King were incredible leaders and I often look to them for inspiration and hope.

[Japhy_Ryder]

8. Another one

An eye for an eye leaves the world blind

[prolesunited]

4. According to Marian Wright Edelman:

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back -- but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

[LibInternationalist]

7. and on that note --

my sig seems appropriate

[kainah]

10. We stand in a long, proud tradition

Last December, when I felt so defeated following the election, I made my first trip to the deep South and visited civil rights sites around Selma, Alabama and Philadelphia, Mississippi. That renewed my sense of commitment and reminded me of the millions of brave people who have fought these fights before me. I knew then I couldn't turn my back on this fight without dishonoring their memory and I knew that I could never do that. Gandhi, of course, is one of those eternal heroes whose memory will always be an inspiration. And we must not let them down............

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11. I loved in Bowling for Columbine

When MM said to that militia nut that Gahndi defeated the entire British Empire through non-violence...the nut looked at him and says "I'm not familiar with that story"

[Loyal]

12. Ah, yeah,

Terry Nichols's brother. That guy was funny. ;-)