Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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The weak can never forgive.
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If there ever is to be a republic of every village in India, then I claim verity for my picture in which the last is equal to the first or, in other words, no one is to be the first and none the last.
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A selfish basis would not serve the purpose of taking a man higher and higher along the paths of evolution.
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Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress.
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I want for India complete independence in the full English sense of that English term.
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Only my death will determine whether I am 'Mohamed Gandhi', Jinnah's slave, destroyer of the Hindu religion or its servant and protector.
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When you are right,you have no need to be angry. When you are wrong, you have no right to be angry.
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The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.
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Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It is when the horizon is the darkest and human reason is beaten down to the ground that faith shines brightest and comes to our rescue.
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Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.
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Before we can aspire to guide the destinies of India, we shall have to adopt the habit of fearlessness.
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I shall die, but I will not kill.
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What barrier is there that love cannot break?
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If I were asked to define the Hindu creed, I should simply say: search after Truth through non-violent means. Hinduism is a relentless pursuit after truth.
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Men flocked to see it and ascended it as it was a novelty and of unique dimensions. It was the toy of the exhibition. So long as we are children we are attracted by toys, and the tower was a good demonstration of the fact that we are all children attracted by trinkets. That may be claimed to be the purpose served by the Eiffel Tower.
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Unrestricted individualism is the law of the beast of the jungle.
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Contraceptive methods are like putting a premium on vice. It makes men and women reckless... As it is, man has sufficiently degraded woman for his lust, and [contraception] , no matter how well meaning the advocates may be, will still further degrade her.
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Human language can but imperfectly describe God's ways.
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Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust.
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All the great religions of the world inculcate equality and brotherhood of mankind and the virtue of toleration.
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Though philosophical Hinduism has no other god but God, it cannot be denied that practical Hinduism is not so emphatically uncompromising as Islam.
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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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You assist an administration most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees.