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If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
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The good man is the friend of all living things.
Mahatma Gandhi
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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A religious act cannot be performed with the aid of the bayonet or the bomb.
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honour than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonour. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's grace.
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The call of the spinning wheel is the noblest of all. Because it is the call of love. And love is Swaraj.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.
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I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.
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We notice that the mind is a restless bird; the more it gets the more it wants, and still remains unsatisfied. The more we indulge our passions the more unbridled they become. Our ancestors, therefore, set a limit to our indulgences. They saw that happiness was largely a mental condition. A man is not necessarily happy because he is rich, or unhappy because he is poor.... Millions will always remain poor.
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Even a little of dharma saves one from many a pitfall.
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The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
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Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority.
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you.
Mahatma Gandhi