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Hindus, if they want unity among different races, must have the courage to trust the minorities.
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We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.
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The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions.
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The test of friendship is assistance in adversity, and that too, unconditional assistance, Co-operation which needs consideration is as a commercial contract and not friendship. Conditional co-operation is like adulterated cement which does not bind.
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If you have faith in the cause and the means and in God, the hot sun will be cool for you.
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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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Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.
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Purity of life is the highest and truest art.
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The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.
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The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.
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We may attack systems. We must not attack men.
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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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That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.
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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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First they ignore you, then they denounce you, and then they say that they knew what you were saying all the time.
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There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.
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A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of majority.
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For winning Swaraj one requires iron discipline.
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Wherever flaxseeds become a regular food item among the people, there will be better health.
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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.
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A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization.
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For India to enter into the race for armaments is to court suicide.
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The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.
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Khaddar delivers the poor from the bonds of the rich and creates a moral and spiritual bond between the classes and the masses.