Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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I must say that, beyond occasionally exposing me to laughter, my constitutional shyness has been no dis-advantage whatever. In fact I can see that, on the contrary, it has been all to my advantage.
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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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The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.
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Nonviolence cannot be learnt by staying at home.
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If you want to change the world, start with yourself.
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I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.
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The only way love punishes in by suffering.
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My religion teaches me that I should, by my personal conduct, instill into the minds of those who might hold different views the conviction that cow killing is a sin.
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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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You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.
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What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength.
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Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.
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Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
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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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A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.
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Though we are politically free, we are hardly free from the subtle domination of the West.
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One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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Lovers of Swaraj cannot rest till a solution is found which would allay Mussalman apprehensions and yet not endanger Swaraj.
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All the other industries will receive warmth and sustenance from khadi industry.
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Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.
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Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.
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The Charkha is the symbol of sacrifice, and sacrifice is essential for the establishment of the image of the deity.
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I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.