Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.
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My idea of village SWARAJ is that is a complete republic, independent of its neighbors for its own vital wants, and yet interdependent for many others which dependence is a necessity.
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In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.
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A man or a woman who serves the country with all his or her heart stands on par with the tallest Congress-man.
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For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.
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Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.
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What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?
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Let no one try to justify the glaring difference between the classes and the masses, the prince and the pauper, by saying that the former need more.
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No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.
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Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.
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Wildlife is decreasing in the jungles, but it is increasing in the towns.
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The end of nonviolent 'war' is always an agreement, never dictation, much less humiliation of the opponent.
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The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.
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Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
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No matter how insignificant the thing you have to do, do it as well as you can, give it as much of your care and attention as you would give to the thing you regard as most important. For it will be by those small things that you shall be judged.
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I am, and have been for years, a confirmed anti-vaccinationist...I have not the least doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process that is harmful in the end.
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Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.
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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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Nonviolence is not a weapon of the weak. It is a weapon of the strongest and bravest.
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Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.
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It will be hard to find a parallel in history in which unarmed people have represented the urge for freedom, turning their armlessness into the central means for deliverance.
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It took Britain half the resources of the planet to achieve its prosperity; how many planets will a country like India require?
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Unity among the different races and the different religions of India is indispensable to the birth of national life.
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My method is conversion, not coercion, it is self-suffering, not the suffering of the tyrant. I know that method to be infallible.