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Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of egotism, and melt into the ocean of humanity, we share its dignity. To feel that we are something is to set up a barrier between God and ourselves; to cease feeling that we are something, is to become one with God.
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I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that Satyagraha is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Great causes cannot be served by intellectual equipment alone, they call for spiritual effort of soul-force.
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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the part of wisdom to allow Nature to remove the filth, instead of covering it up with the help of medicines.
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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
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We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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Just think out for yourselves, if a man who was good yesterday has become bad after having come in contact with me, is he responsible that he has deteriorated or am I? ... It is well to take the blame sometimes.
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If you will express the requisite purity of character in action, you cannot do it better than through the spinning wheel.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.
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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.
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Employers ganging up against workers is like raising an army of elephants against ants.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.
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Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society.
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I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.
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A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.
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If an enemy strikes your left cheek, offer him your right.
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I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meaning he likes, so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.
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The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
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Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.
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Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.
Mahatma Gandhi