Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Love and exclusive possession can never go together.
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For me to dominate the Congress in spite of these fundamental differences is almost a species of violence which I must refrain from.
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I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.
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Truth is God, and Truth overrides all our plans. The whole Truth is only embodied within the heart of Great Power-Truth.
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A man who has broken with his past feels a different man. He will not feel it a shame to confess his past wrongs, for the simple reason that these wrongs do not touch him at all.
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Happiness eludes us if we run after it.
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If untouchability lives, Hinduism perishes and even India perishes, but if untouchability is eradicated from the Hindu heart, root and branch, then Hinduism has a definite message for the world.
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Man is sent into the world to perform his duty even at the cost of his life.
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A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets.
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As the elephant is powerless to think in the terms of the ant, in spite of the best intentions in the world, even so is the Englishman powerless to think in the terms of, or legislate for, the Indian.
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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.
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I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.
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Faith is like the Himalaya mountains which cannot possibly change.
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Indeed, the test of orderliness in a country is not the number of millionaires it owns, but the absence of starvation among its masses.
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The untouchability of Hinduism is probably worse than that of the modern imperialists.
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Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action.
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Disorder and violence are, in fact, things that might check the pace of India's progress.
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Contraceptives are an insult to womanhood.
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I consider Western Christianity in its practical working a negation of Christ's Christianity.
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A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.
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The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth.
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Kashmir is the real test of secularism in India.
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Labour is a great leveler of all distinctions.
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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.