Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.
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India is essentially a karmabhumi (land of duty) in contradistinction to bhogabhumi (land of enjoyment).
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It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.
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Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff.
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If they are truly nonviolent, they must also realize that civil disobedience is an impossibility till the preliminary work of construction is done.
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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 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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Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.
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Every home is a university and the parents are the teachers.
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Equality of sexes does not mean equality of occupations.
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Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.
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If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.
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A vow must lead one upwards, never downwards towards perdition.
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After long study and experience, I have come to the conclusion that (1) all religions are true; (2) all religions have some error in them; (3) all religions are almost as dear to me as my own Hinduism, in as much as all human beings should be as dear to one as one's own close relatives.
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There is no such thing as 'Gandhism', and I do not want to leave any sect after me.
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There is no god higher than truth.
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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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Without an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible.
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Real education has to draw out the best from the boys and girls to be educated.
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Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled. Now we have handled it and we seem to be disillusioned. At least - I am, even if you are not. What are we celebrating today? Surely, not our disillusionment.
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Truth is self-evident, nonviolence is its maturest fruit. It is contained in truth, but is not self-evident.
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Far more indispensable then food for the physical body is spiritual nourishment for the soul. One can do without food for a considerable time, but a man of the spirit cannot exist for a single second without spiritual nourishment.
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Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed anyway in their millions.