Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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Peace is the state where love abides and seeks to share itself.
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Selfless action is a source of strength.
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I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest number. It means in its nakedness that in order to achieve the supposed good of 51 per cent the interests of 49 per cent may be, or rather, should be sacrificed. It is a heartless doctrine and has done harm to humanity.
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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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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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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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Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.
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Where love is, there God is also.
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I would bend the knee before the poorest scavenger, the poorest untouchable in India for having participated in crushing him for centuries; I would even take the dust off his feet.
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Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
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An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
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Love never claims, it ever gives.
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Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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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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I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
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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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Service without humility is selfishness and egotism.
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I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.
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It is pleasant that there will be no religions in heaven.
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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.