Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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It is not given to man to know the whole Truth. His duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. God alone knows absolute truth. Therefore, I have often said, Truth is God. It follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.
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Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.
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The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.
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Whatever else India may not be, she is at least one thing, She is the greatest storehouse of spiritual knowledge.
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In placing civil disobedience before constructive work I was wrong and I did not profit by the Himalayan blunder that I had committed.
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Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
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Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realizing Him.
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The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
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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 hand-spinning is an effective method of making India self-supporting, it must be made part of the franchise.
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Economics that hurt the moral well-being of an individual or a nation are immoral and, therefore, sinful.
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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
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In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.
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Complete civil disobedience is a state of peaceful rebellion, a refusal to obey every single state-made law.
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Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.
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We believe as much in the purity of race as we think they do... We believe also that the white race of South Africa should be the predominating race.
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My respectful study of other religions has not abated my reverence for or my faith in the Hindu scriptures.
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A teetotaler would regard it as his duty to associate with his drunkard brother for the purpose of weaning him from the evil habit.
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Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words. Keep your words positive because your words become your behavior. Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes your habits. Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values. Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
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What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength.
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What better book can there be than the book of humanity.
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Hindu religious literature, indeed all religious literature, is full of illustrations to prove the truth.
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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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India unarmed would not require to be destroyed through poison gas or bombardment.