October 9: “I must strive my utmost, during the coming year of grace, to express in every little act of mine whatever love I am capable of.” –Gandhi (Young India, October 23, 1924) One of the most interesting things about Gandhi is the way he seems at one minute to be a political activist, with… read more
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“Brave enough to love each other”–Daily Metta
October 8: “Before they dare to think of swaraj they must be brave enough to love one another.” –Gandhi (Young India, September 29, 1924) While love is, in itself, a kind of freedom, what does a love of a nation or a larger social order look like when there is no love between those living… read more
“Proving our love”–Daily Metta
August 26: “Instead of talking high of love for the whole world, it is quite enough if we have the natural love that proves its existence by implementation.” –Gandhi (Day to Day with Gandhi, vol. 6, p. 123) Once Gandhi realized that khadi, spinning and weaving would help to uplift the classes made poor and… read more
“The head works with the heart”–Daily Metta
July 23: “People who believe in the simple truths I have laid down can only propagate them by living them.” –Gandhi (Mahatma, vol. IV) Wouldn’t it be wonderful if you could learn–I mean really learn– about love by reading Shakespeare, instead of getting your heart broken, and living through the pain of loving someone who… read more
“A love story”–Daily Metta
June 14: “True happiness comes from health and true health is impossible without a rigid control of the palate.” –Gandhi (Guide to Health, 1930) Gandhi and his wife, Kasturba, were married as children, at 13 years old, in an arranged marriage. In many ways they grew up together, and as Gandhi grew in his understanding… read more
“A reminder”–Daily Metta
June 4: “We do not exaggerate when we say that life is a mere bubble.” –Gandhi (Young India, October 16, 1930) It is quite a paradox that human life is as fragile as it is powerful. Weak as we are, small as we are, our capacity for love, forgiveness, compassion, and nonviolence has no limit.… read more
“Is this love?”–Daily Metta
April 17 “Mutual trust and mutual love are no trust and no love. The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.” –Gandhi (Harijan, 3-3-1946, p. 28) Gandhi is a master at drawing our attention back to one single, significant truth: love is power, and… read more
“Force of Love”–Daily Metta
February 14: “The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth. We have evidence of it working at every step. The universe would disappear without the existence of that force.” –Gandhi (Hind Swaraj, pp. 77-79) What passes for love in popular music videos, television, and film often has very… read more
“Conquer with Love”–Daily Metta
February 3 “Wherever there are jars, wherever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him in love.” —Gandhi (The Nation’s Voice, Part II, pp. 109-110) In 1931, Gandhi found himself in England for the First Roundtable Conference on Indian freedom. The campaign he was leading back in India based on the revival of the spinning… read more
“Love and non-possession”–Daily Metta
January 6 “Love and exclusive possession can never go together. Theoretically, where there is perfect love, there is perfect non-possession.” -Gandhi ( (Modern Review, October 1935, p. 412) (Pictured: Gandhi’s only possessions at the time of his death.) Nonviolence meant more to Gandhi than “not being violent.” It was closer to a state of perfect… read more
