Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.
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Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.
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The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.
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Any act of injury done from self-interest, whether amounting to killing or not, is doubtless himsa.
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Hate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.
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There is no such thing as slow freedom. Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free we are slaves. All birth takes place in a moment.
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What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education.
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Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.
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I will not have the power of nonviolence to be underestimated in order to cover my limitations or weaknesses.
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My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
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Your capacity to keep your vow will depend on the purity of your life.
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I will suffer the agony if that is to be my lot.
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The only real and reliable guarantee for khadi would be honesty, truthfulness and sincerity of khadi workers.
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Whatever can be useful to those starving millions is beautiful to my mind.
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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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Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.
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You cannot neglect the nearer duty for the sake of a remote.
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To see farther, you must climb higher.
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The sole aim of journalism should be service.
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Literacy in itself is no education.
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The meaning of prayer is that I want to evoke that Divinity within me.
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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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Creation of effective public opinion depends on the cultivation of true courage, born of truthfulness and nonviolence.