Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.
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Satyagraha is a process of educating public opinion, such that it covers all the elements of the society and in the end makes itself irresistible.
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Be the change you seek.
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A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.
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I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.
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If as a member of a slave nation I could deliver the suppressed classes from their slavery without freeing myself from my own, I would do so today. But it is an impossible task.
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Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.
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The bomb-throwers have discredited the cause of freedom, in whose name they threw the bombs.
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Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
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No labour is too mean for one who wants to earn an honest penny.
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To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate.
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My creed of nonviolence is an extremely active force.
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When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and I see not one ray of hope on the horizon, I turn to Bhagavad-gita and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately begin to smile in the midst of overwhelming sorrow. Those who meditate on the Gita will derive fresh joy and new meanings from it every day.
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Truth is transcendent. There are many expressions of it and ways to glimpse it. We cannot hold it in our clenched fist, but must hold it in our open palm and invite others to see it for themselves.
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If we are to stand the final heat of the battle, we must learn to stand our ground in the face of cavalry or baton charges and allow ourselves to be trampled under horses' hooves, or be bruised with baton charges.
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The world is changing every moment, and is therefore unreal. It has non permanent existence.
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It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.
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That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.
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Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.
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Hatred ever kills, love never dies. Such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred." - by Mohandas K. Gandhi -
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A warrior lives on his wars, whether offensive or defensive. And he suffers a collapse if he finds that his warring capacity is unwanted.
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Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints.
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Non-violence ... is the only thing that the atom bomb cannot destroy. I did not move a muscle when I first heard that the atom bomb had wiped out Hiroshima. On the contrary, I said to myself, Unless now the world adopts non-violence, it will spell certain suicide for mankind.
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In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.