Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.

Mahatma Gandhi

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• I'm actual thankful for the amount of responsibility that has been handed to me. I feel very honored.

  

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• Prayer is the lungs through which holiness breathes. Prayer is not only the language of spiritual life, but also makes its very essence and forms its real character. O for a faith that will not shrink though pressed by every foe; That will not tremble on the brink of any earthly woe. Lord, give us such a faith as this... whatever may come...

  

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• Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner, a person must gather each letter, each syllable, to form them into words of prayer.

  

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• For prayer is request. The essence of request, as distinct from compulsion, is that it may or may not be granted.

  

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• A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Prayer
  • Fast
  • Denial