Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp.
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The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.
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My conception of freedom is no narrow conception. It is co-extensive with the freedom of man in all his majesty.
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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.
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It was only in South Africa that I got over this shyness, though I never completely overcame it. It was impossible for me to speak impromptu. I hesitated whenever I had to face strange audiences and avoided making a speech whenever I could. Even today I do not think I could or would even be inclined to keep a meeting of friends engaged in idle talk.
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No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.
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Bravery on the battlefield is impossible for us. Bravery of the soul still remains open to us.
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At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves.
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The more I study Hindu scriptures, and the more I discuss them with Brahmins, the more I feel convinced that untouchability is the greatest blot upon Hinduism.
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We both may be killed by the Muslims, and must put our purity to the ultimate test, so that we know that we are offering the purest of sacrifices, and we should now both start sleeping naked.
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Mental violence has no potency and injures only the person whose thoughts are violent. It is otherwise with mental non-violence. It has potency which the world does not yet know.
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The avowed policy of non-cooperation has been not to make political use of the disputes between labour and capital.
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Boycott brought about anyhow of British cloth cannot yield the same results as such boycott brought about by hand-spinning and khaddar.
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I do not regard capital to be the enemy of labour.
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Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.
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I know of no one who has done more for humanity than Jesus. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Christianity … The trouble is with you Christians. You do not begin to live up to your own teachings.
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They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.
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Cow preservation is an article of faith in Hinduism.
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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
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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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The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life.
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A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.
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To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.
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A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.