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The patriotic spirit demands loyal and strict adherence to nonviolence and truth.
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Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.
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Buddha emphasized and re-declared the eternal and unalterable existence of the moral government of this universe. He unhesitatingly said that the law was God Himself.
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All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.
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You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.
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A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.
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All the other industries will receive warmth and sustenance from khadi industry.
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Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency.
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India's coming into her own will mean every nation doing likewise.
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If you want to change the world, start with yourself.
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We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.
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The sole aim of journalism should be service.
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We cry for cow protection in the name of religion, but we refuse protection to the human cow in the shape of the girl-widow.
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The world is big enough to satisfy everyones needs, but will always be too small to satisfy everyones greed.
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The outward freedom that we shall attain will only be in exact proportion to the inward freedom to which we may have grown at a given moment. And if this is a correct view of freedom, our chief energy must be concentrated on achieving reform from within.
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Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.
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My personal religion peremptorily forbids me to hate anybody.
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Coercion cannot but result in chaos in the end.
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Do not concentrate on showing the misdeeds of the government, for we have to convert and befriend those who run it.
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Salvation of the Gita is perfect peace.
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The sum total of karma is God.
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Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.
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Behaviour is the mirror in which we can display our image.
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Khaddar has the greatest organizing power in it because it has itself to be organized and because it affects all India.