Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.
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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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Non-co-operation is the nation's notice that it is no longer satisfied to be in tutelage.
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The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.
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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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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.
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Muslims must realize and admit the wrongs perpetrated under the Islamic rule.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.
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Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.
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Free, open love I have looked upon as dog's love. Secret love is, besides, cowardly.
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Man is the maker of his own destiny, and I therefore ask you to become makers of your own destiny.
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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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Real Swaraj will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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I have regarded Jesus of Nazareth as one amongst the mighty teachers that the world has had. . . . I shall say to the Hindus that your lives will be incomplete unless you reverently study the teachings of Jesus.
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It is better to allow our lives to speak for us than our words. God did not bear the cross only two thousand years ago. He bears it today, and he dies and is resurrected from day to day. It would be a poor comfort to the world if it had to depend on a historical God who died two thousand years ago. Do not, then, preach the God of history, but show him as he lives today through you.