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Violence always thrived on counter violence.
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A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man.
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People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.
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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
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Useful manual labour, intelligently performed, is the means par excellence for developing the intellect.
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The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.
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Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.
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We are all very imperfect and weak things, and if we are to destroy all whose ways we do not like, there will be not a man left alive.
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Conquer the heart of the enemy with truth and love, not by violence.
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Let not the spirit wander while the words of prayer run on out of our mouth.
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It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.
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My Hindu instinct tells me that all religions are more or less true.
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If you want to change the world, start with yourself.
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The English peace is the peace of the grave.
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And everyone who wills can hear the Voice. It is within every one. But like everything else it requires previous and definite preparation.
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The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.
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No police officer could compel a satyagrahi to give evidence against a person who has confessed to him. A satyagrahi would never be guilty of a betrayal of trust.
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There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.
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Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.
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God is known by many names. And in the last analysis God's names were as many as human beings.
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The state represents violence in a concentrated and organize form.
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A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.
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My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest.
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The purpose of life is undoubtedly to know oneself. We cannot do it unless we learn to identify ourselves with all that lives. The sum-total of that life is God.