Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.

Mahatma Gandhi

• Humanity
• Faults
• Human Flesh

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• If I am true to myself, if I am true to mankind, if I am true to humanity, I must understand all the faults that human flesh is heir to.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Humanity
  • Faults
  • Human Flesh