Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly possible from violence.
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Religion taught us to return good for evil.
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Prayer can come in only when fasting has done its work. It can make fasting easy and bearable.
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My Swaraj takes note of bhangis, dheds, dublas and the weakest of the weak, and except the spinning wheel I know no other thing which befriends all these.
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The Swaraj of my dream recognizes no race or religious distinctions.
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A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man.
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Crime and vice generally require darkness for prowling. They disappear when light plays upon them.
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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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Priorities lie in your actions.
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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.
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Nothing is of a permanent nature.
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The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart.
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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
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In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.
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Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
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Anything that exists is possible.
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The Allah of Islam is the same as the God of Christians and the Ishwar of Hindus.
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The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence.
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A true and nonviolent combination of labour would act like a magnet attracting to it all the needed capital.
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In a society based on nonviolence, the smallest nation will feel as tall as the tallest.
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No perfect democracy is possible without perfect nonviolence at the back of it.
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Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.
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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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Freedom and slavery are mental states.