Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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All satyagraha and fasting is a species of tyaga. It depends for its effects upon an expression of wholesome public opinion shorn of all bitterness.
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That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.
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There is every reason for being cautious about founding new universities till India has digested Her newly acquired freedom.
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The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.
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Well, India is a country of nonsense.
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A society or a nation constructed nonviolently must be able to withstand attack upon its structure from without or within.
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Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.
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My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live.
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I know of no religion or sect that has done or is doing without a house of God, variously described as a temple, a mosque, a church, a synagogue or agiary.
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The Gita is not for those who have no faith.
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The spinning wheel for us is the foundation for all public corporate life.
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I have nothing of the communalist in me because my Hinduism is all inclusive.
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Death on the battlefield is welcome to a soldier.
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
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Nations are born out of travail and suffering.
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The religion of nonviolence is not meant merely for therishis and saints.
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I would rather have India reduced to a state of pauperism than have thousands of drunkards in our midst.
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Literacy is not the end of education nor even the beginning.
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To retaliate against the relatives of the co-religionists of the wrong-doer is a cowardly act.
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Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness.
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I believe that the civilization India evolved is not to be beaten in the world. Nothing can equal the seeds sown by our ancestors, Rome went, Greece shared the same fate; the might of the Pharaohs was broken; Japan has become Westernized; of China nothing can be said; but India is still, somehow or other, sound at the foundation.
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True education is that which proves useful in life and makes you industrious.
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The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God.