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
A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
Interpretation
A vow should be made with clear intent and purity of mind, rather than in moments of strong emotion.
Mahatma Gandhi emphasizes that a vow is a serious commitment that should not be taken lightly or impulsively. It requires a state of mental clarity and spiritual intention, as it is a sacred promise that should be made with a pure heart and divine witness, underlining the importance of mindfulness and sincerity in one’s commitments.
In practice
During a wedding ceremony to underline the seriousness of marital vows.
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.
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
A Paradox, the doughnut hole. Empty space, once, but now they've learned to market even that. A minus quantity; nothing, rendered edible. I wondered if they might be used-metaphorically, of course-to demonstrate the existence of God. Does naming a sphere of nothingness transmute it into being?
The world is all alike. Those that seem better than their neighbours are only more artful. They mean the same thing, though they take a different road.
I know that it is a hopeless undertaking to debate about fundamental value judgements. For instance, if someone approves, as a goal, the extirpation of the human race from the earth, one cannot refute such a viewpoint on rational grounds. But if there is agreement on certain goals and values, one can argue rationally about the means by which these objectives may be obtained.
Stories have no point if they don't absorb our terror.
Liberty of any kind is never lost all at once.
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