Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Birds

• We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Happiness, Passion, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.50, Rajpal & Sons

• Every man has an equal right to the necessaries of life even as birds and beasts have.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Bird, Beast

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.124, A&C Black

• Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Prayer, Bird, May

  Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.364, Oxford University Press

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