Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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In Hinduism we have got an admirable foot-rule to measure every shastra and every rule of conduct, and that is truth.
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Forces of nature act in a mysterious manner. We can but solve the mystery by deducing the unknown result from the known results of similar events.
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A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings.
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I cannot be subservient anywhere.
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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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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.
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If it weren't for Christians, I'd be a Christian.
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It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.
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No displeasure, even of the dearest friends, can put me off the duty I see clearly in front of me.
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Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent.
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A satyagrahi, whilst he is ever ready to fight, must be equally eager for peace.
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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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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
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The early Mussalmans accepted Islam not because they knew it to be revealed but because it appealed to their virgin reason.
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The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status.
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The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
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Pure motives can never justify impure or violent action.
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Ramanama is for the pure at heart and for those who want to attain purity and remain pure.
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An awakened people who rely upon their nonviolent strength are independent in the face of any conceivable combination of the armed powers.
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Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.
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Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live.
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God is omnipresent; even a pebble in the Narmada can represent Him and serve as an object of worship.
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Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.
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'Physician, heal thyself' is more true in matters religious than mundane.