Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
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Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.
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Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through centuries to come, and his Ideal will reach perfection.
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Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
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Vaccination is a barbarous practice and one of the most fatal of all the delusions current in our time. Conscientious objectors to vaccination should stand alone, if need be, against the whole world, in defense of their conviction.
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Hinduism insists on the brotherhood of not only all mankind but of all that lives.
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Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth and if today it has become moribund, inactive, irresponsive to growth, it is because we are fatigued. As soon as the fatigue is over, Hinduism will burst forth upon the world with a brilliance perhaps never known before.
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Every moment of my existence is dedicated to the winning of Swaraj by means of truth and nonviolence.
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Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be, at the hands of his brother, never by killing him.
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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.
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Freedom battles are not fought without paying heavy prices.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.
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For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.
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Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.
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Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French.
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Ahimsa calls for the strength and courage to suffer without retaliation, to receive blows without returning any.
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Appreciation of nonviolence means patient research and still more patient and difficult practice.
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Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.