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All the great religions of the world inculcate equality and brotherhood of mankind and the virtue of toleration.
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India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.
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A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.
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Labour is priceless, not gold.
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It is very significant that some of the most thoughtful and cultured men are partisans of a pure vegetable diet.
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What is faith if it is not translated into action?
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True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.
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Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.
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Every labourer is worthy of his hire. No country can produce thousands of unpaid whole-time workers.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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See the good in people and help them.
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My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
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Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.
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I will say that if there is anything like God Or Truth on earth, Hindu-Muslim unity is also possible.
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The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be fought.
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There is nothing but nonviolence to fall back upon for retaining our freedom, even as we had to do for gaining it.
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We, the English educated Indians, often unconsciously make the terrible mistake of thinking that the microscopic minority of the English-speaking Indians is the whole of India.
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It needs more than a heart of oak to shed all fear except the fear of God.
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We are merely instruments of the Almighty's will and therefore ignorant of what helps us forward and what acts as an impediment. We must thus rest satisfied with the knowledge only of the means and if these are pure, we can fearlessly leave the end to take care of itself.
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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.
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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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A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.
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There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy.
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Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.