Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
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That we should obey laws whether good or bad is a new-fangled notion. There was no such thing in former days. The people disregarded those laws they did not like and suffered the penalties for their breach.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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I am a Christian and a Hindu and a Muslim and a Jew.
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Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
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I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.
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You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
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Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven.