Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Silence
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Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
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Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself.
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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. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
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My greatest weapon is mute prayer.
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When I don't understand something, I reach up and hold God's hand. And we walk together in silence.
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Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen din and noise.
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It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.
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Speak only if it improves upon the silence.
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I have naturally formed the habit of restraining my thoughts. A thoughtless word hardly ever escaped my tongue or pen. Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth. We find so many people impatient to talk. All this talking can hardly be said to be of any benefit to the world. It is so much waste of time. My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader