Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Every good movement passes through five stages, indifference, ridicule, abuse, repression, and respect.
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A Swaraj government means a government established by the free joint will of Hindus, Mussalmans and others.
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Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.
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The cow can be saved only if buffalo-breeding is given up.
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No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.
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My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.
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An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer.
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I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
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Death is no fiend, he is the truest of friends. He delivers us from agony.
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The pilgrimage to Swaraj is a painful climb.
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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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Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.
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Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.
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The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.
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The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth.
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When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity for me and I worship it and I shall defend its worship against the whole world.
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I find a solace a in the Bhagavadgita and Upanishads that I miss even in the Sermon on the Mount.
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No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.
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The English have taught us that we were not one nation before and that it will reaquire centuries before we become one nation. This is without foundation. We were one nation before they came to India. One thought inspired us. Our mode of life was the same. It was because we were one nation that they were able to establish one kingdom.
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I find that we are all such sinners that it is better to leave the judging to God.
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You can't shake hands with a closed fist.
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For my own part, I do not want the freedom of India if it means extinction of English or the disappearance of Englishmen.
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Remember there is always a limit to self-indulgence, none to restraint... Civilization , in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication but in the deliberate and voluntary restriction of wants. This alone promotes real happiness and contentment , and increases the capacity for service.
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The consumption of vegetables involves himsa, but I cannot give them up.