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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!
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Man the law-giver will have to pay a dreadful penalty for the degradation he has imposed upon the so called weaker sex.
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I would ask you to come in Khadi, for Khadi links you with the fallen and the down-trodden.
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Khadi to me is the symbol of unity of Indian humanity, of its economic freedom and equality and, therefore, ultimately, in the poetic expression of Jawaharlal Nehru, 'the livery of India's freedom'.
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True religion being the greatest thing in life and in the world, has been exploited the most.
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I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian.
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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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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.
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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.
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Nature Cure is so simple easy and cheap.....this system of treatment should be used.
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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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I have made the world's faith in God my own and as my faith is effaceable, I regard that faith as amounting to experience.
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Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view.
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People cannot hurt you without your permission.
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There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together.
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What barrier is there that love cannot break?
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God is not in strength but in truth.
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There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.
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Liberty never meant the license to do anything at will.
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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 simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
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It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint.
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Is the God of the Mahometan different from the God of the Hindu? Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? Wherein is the cause for quarreling?
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The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.