Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The only way by which you and I can wean orthodox Hindus from their bigotry is by patient argument and correct conduct.
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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.
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Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.
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Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.
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To practice nonviolence in mundane matters is to know its true value.
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A nonviolent person's life is always at the disposal of him who would take it.
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[I]t seems to me as clear as daylight that abortion would be a crime.
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Between the two, the nationalist and the imperialist, there is no meeting ground.
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Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.
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I condemn, for all climes and for all times, secret murders and unfair methods even for a fair cause.
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I would, in a sense, certainly assist the Amir of Afghanistan if he waged war against the British Government. That is to say, I would openly tell my countrymen that it would be a crime to help a government which had lost the confidence of the nation to remain in power.
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Government of the people by the people and for the people cannot be conducted at the bidding of one man, however great he may be.
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I like their Christ, but I don't like their Christians.
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Non-cooperation in itself is unnatural, vicious and sinful.
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I believe that just as everyone inherits a particular form so does he inherit the particular characteristics and qualities of his progenitors, and to make this admission is to conserve one's energy.
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Death is no fiend, he is the truest of friends. He delivers us from agony.
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If we are true servants of the masses, we would take pride in spinning for their sake.
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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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Untouchability, I hold, is a sin, if Bhagavadgita is one of our Divine Books.
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Repression does for a true man or a nation what fire does for gold.
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I do not want to see the allies defeated. But I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability that is amazing and seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed. Englishmen are showing the strength that Empire builders must have. I expect them to rise much higher than they seem to be doing.
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Experience gained in two schools under my control has taught me that punishment does not purify, if anything, it hardens children.
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There are unjust laws as there are unjust men.
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The spinning wheel is the auspicious symbol of sharir yajna, body labour.