Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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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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Fasting and prayer are common injunctions in my religion.
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Speed is irrelevant if you are going in the wrong direction.
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Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning.
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I do not want to live at the cost of the life even of a snake. I should let him bite me to death rather than kill him.
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You are no Satyagrahi if you remain silent or passive spectators while your enemy is being done to death.
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It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.
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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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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.
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The highest truth needs no communicating, for it is by its very nature self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose its fragrance without the intervention of a medium.
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Democracy necessarily means a conflict of will and ideas, involving sometimes a war of the knife between different ideas.
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To me I seem to be constantly growing. I must respond to varying conditions, yet remain changeless within.
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The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world.
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We find the general work of mankind is being carried on from day to day by the mass of people acting in harmony as if by instinct. If they were instinctively violent, the world would end in no time.
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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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All the great religions of the world inculcate equality and brotherhood of mankind and the virtue of toleration.
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There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.
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Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.
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Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.
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It's not just words. Action expresses priorities.
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Hindu Dharma is like a boundless ocean teeming with priceless gems. The deeper you dive the more treasures you find.
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In times to come people will not judge us by the creed we profess or the label we wear or the slogans we shout, but, by our work, industry, sacrifice, honesty and purity of character.
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The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit.