Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Every widow I have met has recognized in the wheel a dear forgotten friend.
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The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves.
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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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It is claimed for satyagraha that it is a complete substitute for violence or war.
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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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Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.
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Think for tomorrow but act for today.
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When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.
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When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.
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What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
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They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
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The fear of the judge within is more terrible than that of the one without.
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The only way Hinduism can convert the whole world to cow-protection is by giving an object-lesson in cow-protection and all it means.
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God never made man that he may consider another man as untouchable.
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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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There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings - we all feel joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and to live freely, and we all share this planet together.
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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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Stoning prophets and erecting churches to their memory afterwards has been the way of the world through the ages. Today we worship Christ, but the Christ in the flesh we crucified.
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Sanitation is more important than Independence.
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It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.
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... when all violence subsides in the human heart, the state which remains is love. It is not something we have to acquire; it is always present, and needs only to be uncovered. This is our real nature, not merely to love one person here, another there, but to be love itself.
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Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill.
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Do not believe in telling people of one's faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith must be lived, and when it is, it becomes self-propagating.
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A satyagrahi may not ride two horses, truth and untruth, at the same time, nor, to change the metaphor, trim his sail to catch every breeze as you do in the name of communism.