Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous beasts and poisonous reptiles because of our ignorance.
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Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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Democracy disciplined and enlightened is the finest thing in the world. A democracy prejudiced, ignorant, superstitious, will land itself in chaos and may be self-destroyed.
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It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.
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All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
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Hinduism has become a conservative religion and, therefore, a mighty force because of the swadeshi spirit underlying it.
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The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.
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My shyness has been in reality my shield and buckler. It has allowed me to grow. It has helped me in my discernment of truth.
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It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world.
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The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.
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Could there be a greater proof of our cowardice than fighting amongst ourselves?
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Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.
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Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.
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The power we call God defies description.
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Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.
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Let your thoughts be positive for they will become your words. Let your words be positive for they will become your actions. Let your actions be positive for they will become your values. Let your values be positive for they will become your destiny.
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Jesus, to me, is a great world teacher among others.
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...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
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Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.
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I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil.
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For India to enter into the race for armaments is to court suicide.
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There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.
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Mother cow is in many ways better than the mother who gave us birth.
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Cowardice is incompatible with divine wisdom.