Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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People engaged in a war do not lose temper over matters which affect the fortunes of war.
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Ahimsa is no mere theory with me, but it is a fact of life based on extensive experience.
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To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
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Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
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To a pure heart all hearts are pure.
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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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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.
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Ahimsa magnifies one's own defects, and minimizes those of the opponent. It regards the mole in one's own eye as a beam and the beam in the opponent's eye as a mole.
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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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The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
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Action expresses priorities.
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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None, while in flesh, can be entirely free from himsa, because one never completely renounces the will to live.
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No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.
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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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He is lost who is possessed by carnal desire.
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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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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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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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Proved right should be capable of being vindicated by right means as against the rude i.e. sanguinary means. Man may and should shed his own blood for establishing what he considers to be his right. He may not shed the blood of his opponent who disputes his 'right'.
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The thing about you Christians, is that you are so unlike your Christ.