Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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War knows no law except that of might.
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Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.
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We do not know whether it is good to live or to die. Therefore, we should not take delight in living, nor should we tremble at the thought of death. We should be equiminded towards death. This is the ideal. It may be long before we reach it, and only a few of us can attain it. Even then, we must keep it constantly in view, and the more difficult it seems of attainment, the greater should be the effort we put forth.
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I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength.
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Civilization is that mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty.
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Before Hindus and Moslems dare think of freedom, they must be brave enough to love one another, to tolerate one another's religion, even prejudices and superstitions, and to trust one another. This requires faith in oneself.
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When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence.
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Nonviolent attainment of self-government presupposes a non-violent control over the violent elements in the country.
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Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.
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What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and conducted wars, war criminals? War criminals are not confined to the Axis Powers alone. Roosevelt and Churchill are no less war criminals than Hitler and Mussolini. England, America and Russia have all of them got their hands dyed more or less red - not merely Germany and Japan.
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My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.
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A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard.
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Cent percent swadeshi gives sufficient scope for the most insatiable ambition for service and a satisfaction of every kind of talent.
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Woman is more fitted than man to make explorations and take bolder action in ahimsa.
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When I don't understand something, I reach up and hold God's hand. And we walk together in silence.
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No sacrifice is worth the name unless it is a joy. Sacrifice and a long face go ill together. Sacrifice is 'making sacred'. He must be a poor specimen of humanity who is in need of sympathy for his sacrifice.
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I have in my life never been guilty of saying things I did not mean - my nature is to go straight to the heart and if often I fail in doing so for the time being, I know that Truth ultimately makes itself heard and felt, as it has often done in my experience.
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A journalist's peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to give definite and fearless expression to that mind.
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One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals.
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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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By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?
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Life is but an endless series of experiments.
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Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.