Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.
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Be the change you're trying to create.
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Is a civilization worth the name, which requires, for its existence the very doubtful prop of a racial legislation and a lynch law?
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A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much.
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It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.
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Khadi service, village service and Harijan service are one in reality, though three in name.
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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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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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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 story of Ramakrishna is a story of religion in practice. His life enables us to see God face to face.... In this age of skepticism Ramakrishna presents an example of a bright and living faith which gives solace to thousands of men and women who would otherwise have remained without spiritual light.
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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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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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To put up with. . . distortions and to stick to one's guns come what may - this is the. . . gift of leadership.
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Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.
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Do not flatter yourselves with the belief that a mere recital of that celebrated verse in St. John makes a man a Christian.
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Learning takes us through many states of life, but it fails utterly in the hour of danger and temptation. Then faith alone saves.
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Mother cow is as useful dead as when she is alive.
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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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[He] alone is truly nonviolent who remains nonviolent even though he has the ability to strike.
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That which is inherent in man is his virtue.
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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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Don't listen to friends when the Friend inside you says "Do this."
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Assumption of superiority by any person over any other is a sin against God and man.