Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I cannot imagine anything nobler or more national than that for, say, one hour in the day we should all do the labor the poor must do, and thus identify ourselves with them and through them, with all mankind.
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By using violence to subjugate one another we are using violence against our own souls.
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Enter with me into the sufferings, not only of the people of India but of the whole world. Nonviolence is a more active and real fight against wickedness than retaliation whose very nature is to increase wickedness. It is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.
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Even as satyagraha is a weapon unique of its kind and not one of the ordinary weapons used by people, so is Khadi, a unique article of commerce which will not, cannot, succeed on terms common to other articles.
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A satyagrahi must ceaselessly strive to realize and live truth. And he must never contemplate hurting anyone by thought, word or deed.
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I hold that the world is sick of armed rebellions.
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My idea of village SWARAJ is that is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others which dependence is a necessity.
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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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Rama was not only on the lips of Hanuman. He was enthroned in his heart. He gave Hanuman exhaustless strength.
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I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.
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It is a first class human tragedy that people of the earth who claim to believe in the message of Jesus, whom they describe as the Prince of Peace, show little of that belief in actual practice.
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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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Indeed the very word, nonviolence, a negative word, means that it is an effort to abandon the violence that is inevitable in life.
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A slave-holder cannot hold a slave without putting himself or his deputy in the cage for holding the slave.
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A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.
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Carrying arms for the removal of the Arms Act can never fall under any scheme of nonviolence.
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The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.
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Close the day with prayer so that you may have a peaceful night free from dreams and nightmares.
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It needs more than a heart of oak to shed all fear except the fear of God.
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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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Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.
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A satyagrahi is sometimes bound to use language which is capable of two meanings, provided both the meanings are obvious and necessary and there is no intention to deceive anyone.
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Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.
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A man's true wealth hereafter is the good he has done to his fellowmen.