Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Men should do their actual living and working in communities small enough to permit of genuine self-government and the assumption of personal responsibilities, federated into larger units in such a way that the temptation to abuse great power should not arise.
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A rabbit that runs away from the bull-terrier is not particularly non-violent.
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The only thing lawful is non-violence. Violence can never be lawful in the sense meant here, i.e., not according to man-made laws, but according to the laws made by Nature for man.
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Mother cow expects from us nothing but grass and grain.
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Jealousy does not wait for reasons.
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Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.
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My greatest weapon is mute prayer.
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If your heart acquires strength, you will be able to remove blemishes from others without thinking evil of them.
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With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests.
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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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Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.
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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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Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and inhuman to impose the Jews on the Arabs... Surely it would be a crime against humanity to reduce the proud Arabs so that Palestine can be restored to the Jews partly or wholly as their national home.
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Remember that there is always a limit to self-indulgence but none to self-restraint, and let us daily progress in that direction.
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The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.
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Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
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What is equality of rights between a giant and a dwarf?
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I do regard Islam to be a religion of peace in the same sense as Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism are.
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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.
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Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.
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I have no secret methods. I know no diplomacy save that of truth. I have no weapon but non-violence.
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Impure means result in an impure end… One cannot reach truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach Truth.
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I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education.
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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.