“I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service.”
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Probable attribution
This saying is widely associated with Mahatma Gandhi, but the attribution is not supported by a reliable primary source.
Likely origin: Attributed to Gandhi's autobiography ('The Story of My Experiments with Truth').
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Helping others can be a spiritual discipline, not just a good deed. Turning outward toward people's real needs pulls attention off the self, and in that forgetting of yourself something larger becomes reachable. Meaning here is found in the doing, not in withdrawal.
When to use it
- A retiree who spends mornings at the food bank finds a sense of purpose no hobby had given him.
- A grieving widow starts driving neighbors to appointments and slowly feels the weight lift.
- A burned-out professional volunteers at a shelter and rediscovers why the work ever mattered.