Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Those who think religion has nothing to do with politics understand neither religion or politics... The things that will destroy us are: politics without principles, pleasures without conscience, knowledge without character, business without morality.
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Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only for our own happiness, but that of the world at large.
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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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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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If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?
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I am, and have been for years, a confirmed anti-vaccinationist...I have not the least doubt in my mind that vaccination is a filthy process that is harmful in the end.
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People become what they expect themselves to become.
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To die without killing is the badge of a satyagrahi.
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Untouchability is a hydra-headed monster.
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Prayer from the heart can achieve what nothing else can in the world.
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Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
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My Gita tells me that evil can never result from a good action.
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A nonviolent occupation is that occupation which is fundamentally free from violence and which involves no exploitation or envy of others.
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What crimes, for which we condemn the Government as satanic, have not we been guilty of towards our own untouchable brethren?
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Today, as it was 2,000 years ago, the Kingdom of God is within each of us. It is not within a church, a temple, a mosque or synagogue.
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I still believe that man, not having been given the power of creation, does not posses the right of destroying the meanest creature that lives. The perogative of destruction belongs solely to the Creator of all that lives.
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You may think your actions are meaningless and that they won't help, but that is no excuse, you must still act.
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People cannot hurt you without your permission.
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Nonviolence is not merely a personal virtue. It is also a social virtue to be cultivated like other virtues.
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Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.
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Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.
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Life is greater than all art.
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A resolute and wise refusal to take part in festivities will be an incentive for introspection and self-purification.
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I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.