Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe in the righteousness of the cause, which it is our privilege to espouse. We have an abiding faith in the mercy of the Almighty God, and we have firm faith in the British Constitution. That being so, we should fail in our duty if we wrote anything with a view to hurt.
Quotes to Explore
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If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.
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I considered becoming a Christian... until I met one.
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Peace is its own reward.
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Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
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There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents never revenges itself.
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Nothing is impossible for pure love.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
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The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Self-respect knows no considerations.
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Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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Domestic matters are trifles for us. But they occupy the principal part of my life. They teach me to know my limitations.
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Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
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I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do nothing to restrict yours. I simply want to please my own conscience which is God.
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I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.
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Politics bereft of religion is absolute dirt, ever to be shunned.
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Where there is love there is life.