Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart.
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I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.
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Since satyagraha is a method of conversion and conviction, it seeks never to use the slightest coercion.
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It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.
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My nonviolence does recognize different species of violence, defensive and offensive.
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No one chains a slave without chaining himself.
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Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and the reconstitution of society.
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I own no property and yet I feel that I am perhaps the richest man in the world.
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Evil is, good or truth misplaced.
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Untouchability is a blot on Hinduism. It is a canker eating into its vitals.
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I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel.
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Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called.
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Truth is what the voice within tells you.
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Temple going is for the purification of the soul.
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A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.
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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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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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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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Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.
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There is no one without faults, not even men of God. They are men of God not because they are faultless, but because they know their faults, they strive against them, they do not hide them, and are ever ready to correct themselves.
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In this day of wonders no one will say that a thing or an idea is worthless because it is new. To say it is impossible because it is difficult is again not in consonance with the spirit of the age. Things undreamt of are daily being seen, the impossible is ever becoming possible.
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I claim to be no more than the average person with less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
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Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.
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Truth is God, and truth overrides all our plans.