Here are some Notion-compatible quotes by Mahatma Gandhi on Anger and Intention, useful for UPSC GS-IV (Ethics) and essay writing:
| Quote | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| 🟤 “I have learnt through bitter experience the one supreme lesson — to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmuted into energy, even so our anger controlled can be transmuted into a power which can move the world.” | Anger, when channelized properly, can become constructive energy for change. |
| 🟤 “Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.” | Anger clouds moral judgment and disrupts peaceful action. |
| 🟤 “You may not be able to control your anger, but you can control your actions.” | Ethical maturity lies in responding, not reacting. |
| Quote | Interpretation |
|---|---|
| 🟢 “The purity of a man’s heart can be quickly measured by how he regards animals.” | True intention reflects in how one treats the most powerless beings. |
| 🟢 “The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.” | Pure intentions (means) are necessary to justify outcomes (ends). |
| 🟢 “It is not the action, but the intention behind it that matters.” | Moral value lies in why an act is done, not just what is done. |
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