Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Education is the basic tool for the development of consciousness and the reconstitution of society.
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Dharma is that which is enjoined by the holy books, followed by the sages, interpreted by the learned and which appeals to the heart.
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Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion.
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A satyagrahi has no other stay but God, and he who has any other stay or depends on any other help cannot offer satyagraha.
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India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.
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It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.
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We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.
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Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
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Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist.
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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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My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.
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No action which is not voluntary can be called moral.
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That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.
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It is easier to bridge the oceans that lie between continents than it is to bridge the gap between individuals or the peoples.
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A leader is useless when he acts against the promptings of his own conscience.
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All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.
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Nature Cure is so simple easy and cheap.....this system of treatment should be used.
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The Charkha in the hands of a poor widow brings a paltry price to her, in the hands of Jawaharlal; it is an instrument of India's freedom.
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I shall, of course, die with nonviolence on my lips.
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I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.
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There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.
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To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.
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Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship.
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For me the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments equally imperfect.