To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
Mahatma GandhiRead
Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.
Interpretation
The ability to fulfill promises is influenced by the integrity of one's life choices.
This quote by Mahatma Gandhi highlights the idea that maintaining one's commitments and promises is deeply connected to the overall purity and ethical standing of one's life. When a person lives with integrity and a clear conscience, their ability to uphold their vows becomes stronger, suggesting that personal character is foundational to reliability and trustworthiness.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal ethics and accountability.
To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that one that must be loved is not a friend. There is not merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.
Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
I don't want them to read what I'm writing and say, 'I think that's right,' and agree with me. I want them to read something and then walk away and be haunted by it.
Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.
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