Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.
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The way of mutual strife and exclusiveness is the only way to perdition and slavery.
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Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so.
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It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.
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Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
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When two nations are fighting, the duty of a votary of ahimsa is to stop the war.
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God tries his votaries through and through but never beyond endurance. He gives them strength enough to go through the ordeal he prescribes for them.
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Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.
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Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always.
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There can be no Swaraj where there is no harmony, no music.
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Through realization of freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of brotherhood of man.
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Take care of this moment.
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The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.
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The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.
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We must become the change we want to see.
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Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals?
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A complete fast is a complete and literal denial of self. It is the truest prayer.
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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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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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What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated?
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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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In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.
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If the village worker is not a decent man or woman, conducting a decent home, he or she had better not aspire after the high privilege and honour of becoming a village worker.