Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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But the fact that I had learnt to be tolerant to other religions did not mean that I had any living faith in God.
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Some form of common worship and a common place of worship appear to be a human necessity.
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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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Every expression of truth has in it the seeds of propagation, even as the sun cannot hide its light.
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Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.
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Non-cooperation is a nation's determination to improve.
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The end is inherent in the means.
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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.
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If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!
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Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.
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A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.
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A customer is the most important visitor on our premises, he is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him.
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India's freedom must revolutionize the world's outlook upon Peace and War.
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The true battlefield is within.
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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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To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.
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My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application.
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One must become as humble as the dust before he can discover truth.
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Truth and nonviolence are perhaps the activest forces you have in the world.
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No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
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Life is greater than all art.
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Untouchability is a hydra-headed monster.
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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.