Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Literary education must follow the education of the hand -the one gift that distinguishes man from beast.
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Nonviolence is the law of our species as violence is the law of the brute. The spirit lies dormant in the brute, and he knows no law but that of physical might. The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher laws - to the strength of the spirit.
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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 British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers.
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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 of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.
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Religions are different roads converging to the same point.
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My own opinion is that just as fundamentally man and woman are one, their problems must be one in essence.
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No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.
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No stone should be left unturned to bring home to the family members that untouchability is a sin and a blot on Hinduism.
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Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.
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I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.
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And he who would be friends with God must remain alone, or make the whole world his friend.
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I am a seasoned soldier of nonviolence, and I have evidence enough to sustain my faith.
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The function of Nayee-Talim is not to teach an occupation, but through it to develop the whole man.
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But success and failure are of no account. They are God's concern, not mine.
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Non-cooperation intended to pave the way to real honourable and voluntary cooperation based on mutual respect and trust.
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A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.
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I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.
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All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent.
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There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.
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Nonviolent nationalism is a necessary condition of corporate or civilized life.
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If untouchability lives, humanity must die.
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If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's.