Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
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For me nonviolence is a creed. I must act up to it, whether I am alone or have companions.
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That economics is untrue which ignores or disregards moral values.
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Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself.
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
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The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.
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If I had to face only the Sermon on the Mount and my own interpretation of it, I should not hesitate to say, 'O yes, I am a Christian.'
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Whatever the ultimate fate of my country, my love for you remains, and will remain, undiminished. My non-violence demands universal love, and you are not a small part of it. It is that love which has prompted my appeal to you.
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Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.
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Truth should so humble that even dust could crush it.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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All the four stages in a man's life are devised by the seers in Hinduism for imposing discipline and self-restraint.
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I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
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It is not true that we shall necessarily progress if our political conditions undergo a change, irrespectively of the manner in which it is brought about. If the means employed are impure, the change will not be in the direction of progress but very likely in the opposite.
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
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If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.