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Whilst the Bihar calamity damages the body, the calamity brought about by untouchability corrodes the very soul.
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Ours is a civil fight, and imprisonment as a civil prisoner has got to be earned by the strict observance of the programme.
Mahatma Gandhi
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If it had not been for the Christians that I have known I might have been a Christian.
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An India prostrate at the feet of Europe can give no hope to humanity.
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The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.
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...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public opinion, it stunts the man and crushes his spirit. Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
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He who runs to the doctor, vaidya, or hakim for every little ailment, and swallows all kinds of vegetable and mineral drugs, not only curtails his life, but by becoming the slave of his body instead of remaining its master, loses self-control, and ceases to be a man.
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Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Spiritual instruments suffer in their potency when their use is taught through non-spiritual messages which are self-propagating.
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My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
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I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one.
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The nation cannot be kept on the nonviolent path by violence.
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Organization of khaddar is infinitely better than co-operative societies or any other form of village organization.
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Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.
Mahatma Gandhi
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A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this.
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Touch-me-notism that disfigures the present day Hinduism is a morbid growth.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I will say that if there is anything like God Or Truth on earth, Hindu-Muslim unity is also possible.
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Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.
Mahatma Gandhi -
India unarmed would not require to be destroyed through poison gas or bombardment.
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Art to be art must soothe.
Mahatma Gandhi
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All the dry ethics of the world turn to dust because apart from God they are lifeless.
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Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Civil disobedience is a stimulation for the fighters and a challenge to the opponent, in the present instance, authority.
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In the midst of death life persists.
Mahatma Gandhi