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
Human society is a ceaseless growth, and unfoldment in terms of spirituality.
Interpretation
Gandhi emphasizes the continuous evolution of human society towards greater spiritual awareness.
This quote reflects Gandhi's belief that human society is not static but rather in a constant state of growth and development, particularly in the realm of spirituality. He suggests that as humanity progresses, there is an inherent drive to elevate our spiritual understanding and connections, highlighting the importance of personal and collective evolution in our quest for meaning and purpose.
In practice
In a speech about community development, one could quote Gandhi to stress the importance of spiritual growth in society.
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.
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, βand what is the use of a book,β thought Alice, βwithout pictures or conversation?
Evolution is not finished; reason is not the last word nor the reasoning animal the supreme figure of Nature. As man emerged out of the animal, so out of man the superman emerges.
There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
I hadn't gotten old enough yet to realize that living sends a person not into the future but back into the past, to childhood and before birth, finally, to commune with the dead. You get older, you puff on the stairs, you enter the body of your father. From there it's only a quick jump to your grandparents, and then before you know it you're time traveling. In this life we grow backwards.
Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
I find it most true that the greatest temptation outside of hell is to live without temptations; if water stands, it rots; faith is the better for the sharp winter storm in its face and grace withers without adversity. The devil is but God's master fencer to teach us to handle our weapons.
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