Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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You assist an unjust administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil administration never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his whole soul. Disobedience of the laws of an evil state is therefore a duty.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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Whether humanity will consciously follow the law of love, I do not know. But that need not disturb me. The law will work just as the law of gravitation works whether we accept it or not.
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
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The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.
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Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
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Muslims must realize and admit the wrongs perpetrated under the Islamic rule.
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To get Swaraj is to get rid of our helplessness.
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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
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I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible.
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It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us. This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good heart whatever they might have to say.
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The ideally non-violent state will be an ordered anarchy. That State is the best governed which is governed the least.
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The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.
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Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.