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There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.
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A genuine fast cleanses the body, mind and soul. It crucifies the flesh and to that extent sets the soul free.
Mahatma Gandhi
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On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.
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A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.
Mahatma Gandhi -
If we want Swaraj to be built on non-violence, we will have to give the villages their proper place.
Mahatma Gandhi -
True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.
Mahatma Gandhi -
All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.
Mahatma Gandhi
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I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
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While everything around me is ever changing, ever dying, there is underlying that change a living power that is changeless, that holds all together, that creates, dissolves and recreates.... For I can see in the midst of death, life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.
Mahatma Gandhi -
My greatest weapon is mute prayer.
Mahatma Gandhi -
A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
Mahatma Gandhi -
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
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My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.
Mahatma Gandhi -
God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the West. The economic imperialism of a single tiny island kingdom is today keeping the world in chains. If an entire nation of 300 million took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Prayer presupposes faith. No prayer is in vain. Prayer is like any other action.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Jealousy does not wait for reasons.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe in the righteousness of the cause, which it is our privilege to espouse. We have an abiding faith in the mercy of the Almighty God, and we have firm faith in the British Constitution. That being so, we should fail in our duty if we wrote anything with a view to hurt.
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True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.
Mahatma Gandhi -
The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.
Mahatma Gandhi -
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.
Mahatma Gandhi