Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed.
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A vow must lead one upwards, never downwards towards perdition.
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Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.
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There are as many different religions as there are individuals.
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The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.
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Life will not be a pyramid with the apex sustained by the bottom, but an oceanic circle whose centre will be the individual.
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Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.
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The Law is God. Anything attributed to Him is not a mere attribute. He is Truth, Love, Law and a million things that human ingenuity can name.
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That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly within the realm of possibility. ... An incendiary uses fire for his destructive and nefarious purpose, a housewife makes daily use of it in preparing nourishing food for mankind.
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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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Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.
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To benefit by others' killing and to delude oneself into the belief that one is being very religions and nonviolent is sheer self-deception.
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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.
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Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.
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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.
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Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
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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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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
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I would like to say that that even the teachings of the Koran cannot be exempted from criticism.
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A man who has broken with his past feels a different man. He will not feel it a shame to confess his past wrongs, for the simple reason that these wrongs do not touch him at all.
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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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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.
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Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out.