Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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What is Truth? A difficult question; but I have solved it for myself by saying that it is what the "voice within" tells you. All that I can in true humility present to you is that Truth is not to be found by anybody who has not got an abundant sense of humility. If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth you must reduce yourself to zero.
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A coward is less than a man. He does not deserve to be a member of a society of men and women.
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Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is cowardice.
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Does not the history of the world show that there would have been no romance in life if there had been no risks?
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We may not go about parroting truth and nonviolence and steering clear of them in our daily life.
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The message of khaddar can penetrate to the remotest villages if we only will that it shall be so.
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Non-cooperation enables us to show that in everything that matters we can be independent of the Government.
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I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.
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A satyagrahi cannot go to law for a personal wrong.
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What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength.
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No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards.
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Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.
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Today, as it was 2,000 years ago, the Kingdom of God is within each of us. It is not within a church, a temple, a mosque or synagogue.
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I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.
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If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.
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True prayer is not a prelude to inaction.
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Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person.
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Satyagraha is search for Truth, and God is Truth.
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My fight against untouchability is a fight against the impure in humanity.
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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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The Law which governs all life is God.
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We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.
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A seeker after truth, a follower of the law of Love, cannot hold anything against tomorrow.
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To answer brutality with brutality is to admit one's moral and intellectual bankruptcy.