15 Quotes by Arun Gandhi

The trouble between Hindus and Muslims, which has continued to this day, is not generated by the people's inability to get along, but by those in positions of power and influence who seek to exploit religious differences for personal gain.

Your mind should be like a room with many open windows,” Bapuji told me. “Let the breeze flow in from all, but refuse to be blown away by any one.

Respect and humility go together. Humility is not meekness, but the opposite of arrogance. A wise old Indian man once said, “Empty drums make the loudest noise.” Grandfather often repeated this phrase to indicate that those with the least understanding are the most arrogant.

Use your anger for good. Anger to people is like gas to the automobile – it fuels you to move forward and get to a better place. Without it, we would not be motivated to rise to a challenge. It is an energy that compels us to define what is just and unjust.

This world is what we have made of it. If it is ruthless today it is because we have made it ruthless by our attitudes. If we change ourselves we can change the world, and changing ourselves begins with changing our language and methods of communication.

A man of few words will rarely be thoughtless in his speech- he will measure every word.