Lisanne de Vaan Psyche 10 aug 2017, 06:00

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De mooiste quotes van: Mahatma Gandhi

Omdat we van de uitspraken van anderen veel kunnen leren (en dan vooral van mensen die als wijs worden beschouwd), hebben we een nieuwe serie op Bedrock: ‘de mooiste quotes van’. Als aftrap delen we vandaag twintig quotes van Mahatma Gandhi. Hij was een van de grondleggers van de moderne staat India en werd internationaal een icoon van geweldloos verzet.

De mooiste quotes van Mahatma Gandhi

1. “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
2. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
3. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
4. “It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
5. “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
6. “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
7. “We will become who we are meant to become. There is no need to try to be someone different.”
8. “To believe in something, and not live it, is dishonest.”
9. “Nobody can hurt you without your permission.”
10. “Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world, but in being able to remake ourselves.”
11. “Whatever you believe about yourself on the inside is what you will manifest on the outside.”
12. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
13. “The future depends on what you do today.”
14. “A small group of determined and like-minded people can change the course of history.”
15. “You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”
16. “Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”
17. “The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.”
18. “There are two days in the year that we can not do anything, yesterday and tomorrow.”
19. “Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.”
20. “The world is big enough to satisfy everyone’s needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyone’s greed.”

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