Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no way a spirit of resistance that has sunk so deep in the population can be repressed.
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There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.
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The smaller the function, the greater the management.
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I have to say that after some initial resistance, I'm now a complete 'Game of Thrones' addict.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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Liberty means more to me than life itself.
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One of the outstanding achievements of the new constructional technique has been the abolition of the separating function of the wall.
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To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
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There's no question that jihad historically means war.
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When Lebanon started its resistance it was a small and divided country.
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You are adrift while you still think that a means is an end.
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Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
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To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often it means to simplify.
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As I said before, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and that means that Pennsylvania did not have jurisdiction over the contract of marriage that occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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If America gave anybody anything it is ambition. Bad things would come out of it because some guys are in a hurry, but that doesn't mean they're evil or anything, it just means they fall into bad grace somehow.
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Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying.
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You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.
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Growing older, I have lost the need to be political, which means ... the need to be left. I am driven to grudging toleration of the Conservative Party because it is the party of non-politics, of resistance to politics.
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There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.
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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm - walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers.
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Country fans are the most loyal in the world.
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The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.
