Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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My life is dedicated to the service of Indians through the religion of nonviolence which I believe to be the root of Hinduism.
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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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Our non-co-operation is with the system the English have established in India, with the material civilization and its attendant greed and exploitation of the weak.
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We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.
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Healthy and nourishing food was the only alpha and omega of rural economy.
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The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.
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Peace is the most powerful weapon of mankind.
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Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.
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The Gita is not an aphoristic work, it is a great religious poem.
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The woman who knows and fulfils her duty realizes her dignified status.
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Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
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A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.
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Life is one indivisible whole.
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Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.
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Literacy in itself is no education.
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Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which implies fear to die.
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The power of nonviolent resistance can only come from honest working of the constructive programme.
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Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.
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Violence will prevail over violence, only when someone can prove to me that darkness can be dispelled by darkness.
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Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.
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Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.
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We are all very imperfect and weak things, and if we are to destroy all whose ways we do not like, there will be not a man left alive.
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The only force at the disposal of democracy is that of public opinion.
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It is my conviction that nothing enduring can be built on violence. The only safe way to overcome an enemy is to make of that enemy a friend.