Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour.
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Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.
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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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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.
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Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind.
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I know no diplomacy save that of truth.
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Swaraj of a people means the sum total of the Swaraj (self-rule) of individuals.
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I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection. - Hind Swaraj
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The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches are different.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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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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It will be necessary for us Indians - Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Jews, Parsis and all others to whom India is their home - to recognize a common flag to live and die for.
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To a pure heart all hearts are pure.
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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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Nothing once begun should be abandoned, unless it is proved to be morally wrong.
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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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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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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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No confirmed satyagrahi is dismayed by dangers, seen or unseen, from his opponent's side.
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For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.
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The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
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One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments; and the third is fearlessly to expose popular defects.
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I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek - I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.
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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.