Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Devotion
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Knowledge and devotion, to be true, have to stand the test of renunciation of the fruits of action.
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Without devotion, action and knowledge are cold and dry and many even become shackles.
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Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.
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Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence.
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Knowledge without devotion will be like a misfire.
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Those who are lacking in bhakti (devotion), lacking in faith, are ill qualified to interpret the scriptures.
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The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
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Renunciation is the central sun, round which devotion, knowledge and the rest revolve like planets.
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I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of Hussein, the scrupulous regard for pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers and his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission. These and not the sword carried everything before them and surmounted every obstacle.
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In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader
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