Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely non-violent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep non-violence as our goal and make steady progress towards it.
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The Khaddar of my conception is that handspun cloth entirely takes the place of mill cloth in India.
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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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Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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Be the change you're trying to create.
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That which is inherent in man is his virtue.
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I have not lost the hope that the masses will refuse to bow to the Moloch of war but they will rely upon their own capacity for suffering to save their country's honour.
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If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving.
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My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.
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A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.
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Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.
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We cry for cow protection in the name of religion, but we refuse protection to the human cow in the shape of the girl-widow.
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Mother cow is as useful dead as when she is alive.
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God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.
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To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.
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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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We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict.
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A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.
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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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Peace through superior violence inevitably leads to the atom bomb and all that it stands for.
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Non-cooperation is an attempt to awaken the masses to a sense of their dignity and power.
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Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger.
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We don't use guns because we don't have guns.