Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Whomsoever you follow, howsoever great, see to it that you follow the spirit of the master and not imitate him mechanically.
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What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.
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A man who is truthful and does not mean ill even to his adversary will be slow to believe charges even against his foes. He will, however, try to understand the viewpoints of his opponents and will always keep an open mind and seek every opportunity of serving his opponents.
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Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.
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Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula.
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I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
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Moral result can only be produced by moral restraints.
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To me Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence.
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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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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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You cannot cure a lesser evil by a greater evil.
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Be congruent, be authentic, be your true self.
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Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.
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Illness or disease is only Nature's warning that filth has accumulated in some portion or other of the body; and it would surely be the part of wisdom to allow Nature to remove the filth, instead of covering it up with the help of medicines.
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Religions are different roads converging on the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? I believe that all religions of the world are true more or less. I say "more or less" because I believe that everything the human hand touches, by reason of the very fact that human beings are imperfect, becomes imperfect.
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The cry for the national home for the Jews does not make much appeal to me. The sanction for it is sought in the Bible and the tenacity with which the Jews have hankered after return to Palestine. Why should they not, like other peoples of the earth, make that country their home where they are born and where they earn their livelihood?
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What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.
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Forgiveness is the virtue of the brave.
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Mr. Gandhi, you have been working fifteen hours a day for fifty years. Don't you think you should take a vacation?" Gandhi smiled and replied, "I am always on vacation.
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God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
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Hand-spinning is designed to put millions of rupees in the hands of the poor villagers.
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Nonviolence is an unchangeable creed. It has to be pursued even in face of violence raging around you.