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The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely.
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Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny.
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When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.
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If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.
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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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A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.
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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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We don't use guns because we don't have guns.
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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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Decency and tolerance, to be of any value, must be capable of withstanding the severest strain.
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We must become the change we want to see.
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Non-cooperation is the quickest method of creating public opinion.
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The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.
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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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Mother cow is as useful dead as when she is alive.
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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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Tulsidas's Ramayana is a notable book because it is informed with the spirit of purity, pity and piety.
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What, however, left a deep impression on me was the reading of the Ramayana before my father. During part of his illness my father was in Porbandar. There every evening he used to listen to the Ramayana.
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There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man.
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The true source of rights is duty.
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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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A man of faith does not bargain or stipulate with God.
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The art that is in the machine-made article, appeals only to the eye; the art in Khadi appeals first to the heart and then to the eye.
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Be the change you're trying to create.