Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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There must be power in the word of a satyagraha general, not the power that the possession of limitless arms gives, but the power that purifies life which strict vigilance and a ceaseless application produce.
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True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.
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Ahimsa must express itself through acts of selfless service of the masses.
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If intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field of nonviolence.
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Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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The difficulty one experiences in meeting himsa arises from weakness of mind.
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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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This feeling of helplessness in us has arisen from our deliberate dismissal of God from our common affairs.
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Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it become indescribable, indefinable.
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A faith gained in strength only when people were willing to lay down their lives for it.
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All education in a country has got to be demonstrably in promotion of the progress of the country in which it is given.
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Cowardice is not a sign of belief in God.
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The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
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I travel third-class because there is no fouth-class.
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Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
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My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'.
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Non-cooperation in the political field is an extension of the doctrine as it is practised in the domestic field.
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Love has more force than a besieging army.
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There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.
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Be the change you're trying to create.
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Be the compromise you want to see in the world.
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Nonviolent action means mobilization of world opinion in our favour.
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It Is possible to live in peace.
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There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.