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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupation is exhilarating and life giving.
Mahatma Gandhi -
No two leaves were alike, and yet there is no antagonism between them or between the branches on which they grow.
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Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.
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The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
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There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Action expresses priorities.
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There is more to life than increasing its speed.
Mahatma Gandhi -
True suffering does not know itself and never calculates.
Mahatma Gandhi -
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
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My Swaraj is to keep intact the genius of our civilization.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion.
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God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
Mahatma Gandhi -
In a democratic scheme, money invested in the promotion of learning gives a tenfold return to the people even as a seed sown in good soil returns a luxuriant crop.
Mahatma Gandhi -
It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
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It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The Koran says that there can be no heaven for one who sheds the blood of an innocent neighbour.
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Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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We both may be killed by the Muslims, and must put our purity to the ultimate test, so that we know that we are offering the purest of sacrifices, and we should now both start sleeping naked.
Mahatma Gandhi