Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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If you want to change the world, start with yourself.
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Untouchability is a terrible reality.
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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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There goes my people. I must follow them, for I am their leader.
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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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I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.
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High thinking is inconsistent with a complicated material life based on high speed and imposed on us by mammon worship.
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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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No action which is not voluntary can be called moral.
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True ahimsa lay in running into the mouth of himsa.
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The instruments for the quest for Truth are as simple as they are difficult.
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The pure love of one soul can offset the hatred of millions.
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Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.
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Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.
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I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel.
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To my mind, Swaraj based on nonviolence is the fulfillment of the constructive programme.
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Labour is priceless, not gold.
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The strength to kill is not essential for self-defense; one ought to have the strength to die. When a man is fully ready to die, he will not even desire to offer violence. Indeed, I may put it down as a self-evident proposition that the desire to kill is in inverse proportion to the desire to die. And history is replete with instances of men who by dying with courage and compassion on their lips converted the hearts of their violent opponents.
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If you have no character to lose, people will have no faith in you.
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Even a little untruth destroys a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.
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If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.
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It is not possible to make a person or society non-violent by compulsion.
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I am not likely to obtain the result flowing from the worship of God by laying myself prostrate before Satan.