Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Happiness, the goal to which we all are striving is reached by endeavoring to make the lives of others happy, and if by renouncing the luxuries of life we can lighten the burdens of others.... surely the simplification of our wants is a thing greatly to be desired! And so, if instead of supposing that we must become hermits and dwellers in caves in order to practice simplicity, we set about simplifying our affairs, each according to his own convictions and opportunity, much good will result and the simple life will at once be established.
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Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.
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I hold flesh-food to be unsuited to our species. We err in copying the lower animal world if we are superior to it.
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All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.
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Is the God of the Mahometan different from the God of the Hindu? Religions are different roads converging to the same point. What does it matter that we take different roads so long as we reach the same goal? Wherein is the cause for quarreling?
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The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence.
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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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Manliness consists not in bluff, bravado or loneliness. It consists in daring to do the right thing and facing consequences whether it is in matters social, political or other. It consists in deeds not words.
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We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.
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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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The truest test of a democracy is in the ability of anyone to act as he likes, so long as he does not injure the life or property of anyone else.
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Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.
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The path is the goal.
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A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.
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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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What we can do, we will try to do.
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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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Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.
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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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Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity.
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The cry for peace will be a cry in the wilderness, so long as the spirit of nonviolence does not dominate millions of men and women.
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That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.
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At times, non-cooperation becomes as much a duty as cooperation.
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The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.