October 14: “Our bodies are the real temples rather than buildings of stone.” –Gandhi (Harijan, January 4, 1948) If there is one quotation of Gandhi’s that could rival the misattributed, paraphrase Be the Change that we all know and love, it’s this one from 1948. Uttered a couple of weeks before he shed his body,… read more
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“It’s within our hearts”–Daily Metta
July 5: “To seek God one need not go on a pilgrimage or light lamps or burn incense before or anoint the image of the deity or paint it with red vermilion. For He [sic] resides in our hearts.” –Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi, Pyarelal, 1946) When he was 24 and living in South Africa at a… read more
