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
Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual.
Interpretation
Life is centered around individuals, rather than a hierarchy where some support the top.
This quote emphasizes the idea that life is not structured like a pyramid, where the lower strata support a small elite at the top. Instead, it suggests that life should be viewed as a circle, where every individual is equally important and contributes to the whole, promoting a more egalitarian view of society and individual significance.
In practice
During a motivational speech about self-worth.
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.
The sudden hand of Death close up mine eye!
Meditation is not growth of the ego, it is death of the ego.
But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, _x000D_ And by their vices brought to servitude, _x000D_ Than to love bondage more than liberty,_x000D_ Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.
We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open
I know that I have lived because I have felt, and, feeling giving me the knowledge of my existence.
I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.
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