Onlangs keek ik het drie uur durende epos uit 1982 over Gandhi. Genoeg inspiratie. Bedacht dat ik maar eens wat citaten van de man moest opzoeken.
Citaten uit kranten en tijdschriften die ik de afgelopen jaren de moeite vond.
142:
In reality there are as many religions as there are individuals…. Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads, so long as we reach the same goal. Wherein is the cause for quarrelling?
Gandhi, 1909
143:
I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest number. It means in its nakedness that in order to achieve the supposed good of 51 per cent the interests of 49 per cent may be, or rather, should be sacrificed. It is a heartless doctrine and has done harm to humanity.
Gandhi. The Dairy of Mahadev Desai, (June 4, 1932)
144:
One cannot forgive too much. The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Gandhi. Young India (2 April 1931)