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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It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.
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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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In one-act pieces there should be only rubbish-that is their strength.
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I think the biggest disservice to the American people was the denial by the networks to air video of the beheading of Daniel Pearl, Nick Berg, or the many other hostages that were beheaded in Iraq. We as a society need to see the type of enemy we are fighting. People have been so sheltered in this country that they have not paid attention to what has been going on for the last twenty-some years. And today, even after the attack of September 11, people still cannot fathom that this type of barbarity could happen here.
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Each one prays to God according to his own light.
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It is wonderful what miracles God works in wills that are utterly surrendered to Him.
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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.
