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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.

Mahatma Gandhi
Believe, Soul, Flesh
Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, V. Geetha (2004). “Soul Force: Gandhi's Writings on Peace”, p.193, Tara Publishing

Temple going is for the purification of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Temples, Purity
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Grace, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Light of India: The Message of the Mahatma”

The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Black, Magic
Mahatma Gandhi, Anthony J. Parel (1997). “Gandhi: 'Hind Swaraj' and Other Writings”, p.147, Cambridge University Press

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Philosophy, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.240, Courier Corporation

Nirvana is the utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us. Nirvana is not like the black, dead peace of the grave, but the living peace, the living happiness of a soul which is conscious of itself and conscious of having found its own abode in the heart of the Eternal.

Mahatma Gandhi
Heart, Soul, Black
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Humanity, Criminal Mind

As a rule, the mind, residing in a body that has become weakened by pampering, is also weak, and where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Mind, Pampering
Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.51, Penguin Books India

We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.

Mahatma Gandhi
Science, Heaven, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.243, Vintage

I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Struggle, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.56, A&C Black

Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.

Mahatma Gandhi
Spiritual, Men, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rabindranath Tagore (1968). “Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, Nehru, Tagore: Being a Treasury of Over Ten Thousand Invaluable and Inspiring Thoughts, Views, and Obervations on about Eight Hundred Subjects of Popular Interest, Collected from the Speeches and Writings of These Three Great Leaders of Modern India”

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.

Mahatma Gandhi
Humanity, Soul, Mind

My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.

Mahatma Gandhi
Ideas, Two, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.7, Rajpal & Sons

When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

Mahatma Gandhi
Ego, Soul, Dies
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.

Mahatma Gandhi
Running, Men, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi (1941). “The Indian States' Problem”

Satyagraha is itself an unmistakable mute prayer of an agonized soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Prayer, Soul, Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Gandhigrams”

Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Body, Bihar

All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.

Mahatma Gandhi
Art, Self, Soul
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.159, Courier Corporation

History supplied numerous instances to prove that brute force is as nothing before soul-force.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Force, Brutes
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.13, Rajpal & Sons

The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi
Expression, Soul, World
Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “The Gandhi Reader: A Sourcebook of His Life and Writings”, p.349, Grove Press

The music of the spinning wheel will be as balm to your soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Spinning, Wheels

Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, Intellectual, Satisfaction
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.63, Rajpal & Sons

Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.

Mahatma Gandhi
Roots, Tree, Soul

Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul.

Mahatma Gandhi
Bravery, Soul, Quality
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.69, Rajpal & Sons

The soul of India lives in its villages.

Mahatma Gandhi
Soul, India, Village