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In true democracy every man and woman is taught to think for himself or herself.
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Eye for eye and the world will go blind.
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Genuine laughter is true eloquence and more effective than speech.
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Do not judge others. Be your own judge and you will be truly happy. If you will try to judge others, you are likely to burn your fingers.
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My faith in truth and nonviolence is ever growing, and as I am ever trying to follow them in my life, I too am growing every moment.
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Fear gone, there can be no hatred.
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There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man.
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The stability of the State depends upon the readiness of every citizen to subordinate his rights to those of the rest.
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Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
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Economic equality of my conception does not mean that every one will literally have the same amount.
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Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.
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My varnashram dharma teaches me that there must be some significance in the fact of my being born in India instead of in Europe.
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Love is a rare herb that makes a friend even of a sworn enemy and this herb grows out of nonviolence.
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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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Though I cannot claim to be a Christian in the sectarian sense, the example of Jesus suffering is a factor in the composition of my undying faith in non-violence which rules all my actions, worldly and temporal.
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Concentrate on your task.
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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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Our children should not be so taught as to despise labour.
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Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God.
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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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The unlimited capacity of the plant world to sustain man at his highest is a region as yet unexplored by modern science.
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To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions.
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Nonviolence and cowardice go ill together.
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Devotion to Truth is the sole justification for our existence.