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A born democrat is a born disciplinarian.
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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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Fear gone, there can be no hatred.
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I travel third-class because there is no fouth-class.
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Democracy can only represent the average if not less than the average.
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We may attack systems. We must not attack men.
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I have mentally become a woman in order to steal into her heart.
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[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.
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Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.
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Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
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The more I reflect and look back on the past, the more vividly do I feel my limitations.
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Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice.
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The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.
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I suffer snakes to be killed in the ashram when it is impossible to catch them and put them out of harm's way.
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Faith is the function of the heart.
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Religion taught us to return good for evil.
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Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.
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Live simply that others might simply live.
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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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Civil disobedience and excitement and intoxication go ill together.
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Education in the understanding of citizenship is a short-term affair if we are honest and earnest.
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The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth.
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India has an unbroken tradition of nonviolence from times immemorial.
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I have felt that the Gita teaches us that what cannot be followed in day-to-day practice cannot be called religion.