Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Hinduism is a relentless pursuit of Truth. "Truth is God" and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued; and as soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst upon the world with a brilliance perhaps unknown before.
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I once Experimented with marijuna, next thing I know I'm waking up with blood on my hands.......and not my own blood.
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We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.
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The platform of services is as big as the world. It is never overcrowded.
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Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.
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Healthy, well-informed, balanced criticism is the ozone of public life.
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There are sufficient resources on this planet to answer the needs of all, but not enough to satisfy everyone's greed.
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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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For me there is a vital connection between the Bihar calamity and the untouchability campaign.
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I believe that a party wishing equality for India does exist in Britain. But it is an insignificant minority, and while I honour and like their opinion I cannot be enthused over it, for I know that those who shape policy and dominate are otherwise inclined. For me, therefore, it is only the Secretary of State who counts.
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Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?
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There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.
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Those with the greatest awareness have the greatest nightmares.
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A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.
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I must declare that it is better for India do discard violence altogether even for defending her borders.
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Humankind has to get out of violence only through non-violence. Hatred can be overcome only by love. Counter - hatred only increases the surface as well as the depth of hatred.
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What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy. What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon.
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Think of the poorest person you know and see if your next act will be of any use to him.
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The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.
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Truth and nonviolence demand that no human being may debar himself from serving any other human being, no matter how sinful he may be.
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The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.
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Events that have happened during the past month have confirmed me in the opinion that the Imperial Government have acted in the Khilafat matter in an unscrupulous, immoral and unjust manner and have been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend their immorality. I can retain neither respect nor affection for such a Government. The attitude of the Imperial and Your Excellency's Governments on the Punjab question has given me additional cause for grave dissatisfaction.
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Disobedience to be civil has to be open and nonviolent.