Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Nonviolent defence presupposes recklessness about one's life and property.
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Every moment of my life I realize that God is putting me on my trial.
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Untouchability of foreign cloth is as much a virtue with all of us as untouchability of the suppressed classes must be a sin with every devout Hindu.
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A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.
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The final goal of all religions is to realise the essential oneness.
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I regard untouchability as such a grave sin as to warrant divine chastisement.
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If a single man demanded as much as a man with a wife and four children, then that would be a violation of the concept of economic equality.
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I can not give you the reference of Ram Chandar or Krishna, because they were not historical figures. I can not help it but to present to you the names of (Hazrat) Abu Bakar (RA) and (Hazrat) Umar Farooq (RA). They were leaders of a vast Empire, yet they lived a life of austerity.
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Truth and nonviolence are both the means and the end, and given the right type of men, the legislatures can be the means of achieving the concrete pursuit of truth and nonviolence.
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Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.
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The whole existence of man is a ceaseless duel between the forces of life and death.
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The strength of the soul can defy a whole world in arms against it.
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If India is not to declare spiritual bankruptcy, religious instruction of its youth must be held to be at least as necessary as secular instruction.
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Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.
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Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.
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Non-co-operation is not a movement of drag, bluster or bluff.
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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
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If it weren't for Christians, I'd be a Christian.
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Without proper, careful organisation of the spinning wheel and khaddar, there is absolutely no civil disobedience.
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Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time.
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Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.
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How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done.
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We dare not enter the kingdom of liberty with mere life-homage to truth and nonviolence.
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Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness.