GANDHI: 10 FUNDAMENTALS
FOR
CHANGING THE WORLD
You must not
lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a
few drops
of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
The difference
between what we do and what we are capable
of doing would
suffice to solve most of the world’s problem.
1. Change
yourself.
You must be the
change you want to see in the world.
As human
beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able
to remake the
world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in
being able to
remake ourselves.
2. You are in
control.
Nobody can hurt
me without my permission.
3. Forgive and
let it go.
The weak can
never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
An eye for eye
only ends up making the whole world blind.
4. Without
action you aren’t going anywhere.
An ounce of
practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
5. Take care of
this moment.
I do not want
to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care
of the present.
God has given me no control over the moment following.
6. Everyone is
human.
I claim to be a
simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal.
I own, however,
that I have humility enough to confess my errors and
to retrace my
steps.
It is unwise to
be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be
reminded that
the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
7. Persist.
First they
ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight
you,
then you win.
8. See the good
in people and help them.
I look only to
the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself,
I won’t presume
to probe into the faults of others.
Man becomes
great exactly in the degree in which he works for the
welfare of his
fellow-men.
I suppose leadership
at one time meant muscles; but today it means
getting along
with people.
9. Be congruent,
be authentic, be your true self.
Happiness is
when what you think, what you say,
and what you do
are in harmony.
Always aim at
complete harmony of thought and word and deed.
Always aim at
purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
10. Continue to
grow and evolve.
Constant
development is the law of life, and a man who always tries
to maintain his
dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself
into a false position.
Quoted from „Gandhi’s
Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World”, by Henrik EDBERG in:
http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2008/05/09/gandhis-top-10-fundamentals-for-changing-the-world/
http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2008/05/09/gandhis-top-10-fundamentals-for-changing-the-world/
