Mahatma Gandhi

Seven deadly sins

Mahatma Gandhi said seven things will destroy us:

· Wealth without work

· Pleasure without conscience

To learn to give and take, to live selflessly, to be sensitive, to be considerate, is our challenge.

The ultimate costs of pleasures without conscience are high as measured in terms of time and money, in terms of reputation and in term of wounding the hearts and minds of other people who are adversely affected by those who just want to indulge and gratify themselves in the short term.

· Knowledge without character

As dangerous as a little knowledge is, even more dangerous is much knowledge with a strong principled character.

· Commerce (business) without morality (ethics)

· Science without humanity

· Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.

· No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give it as much of your care and attention as you would give to the thing you regard as most important. For it will be those small things that oyu shall be judged.



A person cannot do right in one department while attempting to do wrong in another department. Life is one indivisible whole.