Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose.
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When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.
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What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?
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The most practical, the most dignified way of going on in the world is to take people at their word, when you have no positive reason to the contrary.
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When untouchability is rooted out, these distinctions will vanish and no one will consider himself superior to any other.
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Let our first act each morning be the following resolve: I shall not fear anyone on Earth. I shall fear only God.
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Justice does not help those who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.
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The world is changing every moment, and is therefore unreal. It has non permanent existence.
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The Law and the Lawgiver are one.
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To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.
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Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.
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Jealousy does not wait for reasons.
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Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.
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Since the propagation of nonviolence is the mission of my life, I must pursue it in all weathers.
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Swaraj does not depend on jail going. If it did, there are thousands of prisoners in jail today. It depends on everyone doing his or her own task.
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That nation is great which rests its head upon death as its pillow.
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India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.
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It is not part of religion to breed buffaloes or, for that matter, cows.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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My dharma teaches me to give my life for the sake of others without even attempting to kill.
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Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity...If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior...If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.
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How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.
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In the dictionary of Satyagraha, there is no enemy.
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You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.