Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.
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True love is boundless like the ocean and, swelling within one, spreads itself out and, crossing all boundaries and frontiers, envelops the whole world.
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If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.
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Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.
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Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.
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If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few. The future depends on what we do in the present.
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He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.
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Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.
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A slave has not the freedom even to do the right thing.
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Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world; but to change ourselves.
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Satyagraha has been designed as an effective substitute for violence.
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Religion is no test of nationality, but a personal matter between man and his God.
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If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.
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To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.
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Hinduism is like the Ganga,, pure and unsullied at its source but taking in its course the impurities in the way. Even like the Ganga it is beneficent in its total effect. It takes a provincial form in every provinvce, but the inner substance is retained everywhere.
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If there was any teacher in the world who insisted upon the inexorable law of cause and effect, it was Gautam, and yet my friends, the Buddhists outside India, would, if they could, avoid the effects of their own acts.
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I have had the hardihood to say that Swaraj could not be granted even by God.
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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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The line of demarcation between democracy and monocracy is often thin, but rigid and stronger than unbreakable steel.
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Of all the animal creations of God, main is the only animal who has been created in order that he may know his Maker. Man's aim is life is not therefore to add from day to day to his material prospects and to his material possessions, but his predominant calling is, from day to day to come nearer to his own Maker.
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Every single act of one who would lead a life of purity should be in the nature of yajna.
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If we want to cultivate a true spirit of democracy we cannot afford to be intolerant. Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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A satyagrahi is nothing if not instinctively law-abiding.
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It was Ba's inspiration which helped me reach the heights of my inner self. She was my priceless jewel.