Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.
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Your life is your message.
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The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.
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Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.
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You cannot succeed in one department of life while cheating on another, life is an indivisible whole.
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Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.
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If we all discharge our duties, rights will not be far to seek. If leaving duties unperformed we run after rights, they will escape us like a will-o'-the-wisp.
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Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.
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The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.
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A satyagrahi would neither retaliate nor would he submit to the criminal, but seek to cure him by curing himself.
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My personal religion enables me to serve my countrymen without hurting the English or, for that matter, anybody else.
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The untouchability of Hinduism is probably worse than that of the modern imperialists.
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Happiness eludes us if we run after it.
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The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.
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Active nonviolence is necessary for those who will offer civil disobedience but the will and proper training are enough for the people to co-operate with those who are chosen for civil disobedience.
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Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
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I must not refrain from saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment.
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To know music is to transfer it to life.
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It is through truth & non-violence that I can have some glimpse of God. Truth & non-violence are my God. They are the obverse and reverse of the same coin.
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Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.
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With my meager knowledge of my own religion I do not want to belong to any religious body.
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Satyagraha is a law for universal application. Beginning with the family, its use can be extended to every other circle.
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I have not know a worthy son to whom his mother appeared ugly.
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Satyagraha as conceived by me is a science in the making.