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True material welfare is never inconsistent with performance of religious obligations.
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May the work of your hands be a sign of gratitude and reverence to the human condition.
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The unparalleled extravagance of English rule has demented the rajas and the maharajas who, unmindful of consequences, ape it and grind their subjects to dust.
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Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.
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We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.
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I do not wish disaster to British arms.
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I cannot think of permanent enmity between man and man, and believing as I do in the theory of reincarnation, I live in the hope that if not in this birth, in some other birth I shall be able to hug all of humanity in friendly embrace.
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I still somehow or other fancy that "my philosophy" represents the true meaning of the teaching of the Gita.
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Your future depends on what you do today.
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I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.
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If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's.
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Study not man in his animal nature - man following the laws of the jungle - but study man in all his glory.
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Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.
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Civil disobedience can only lead to strength and purity.
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Every species, human and subhuman, has some distinguishing mark, so that you can tell a man from a beast, or a dog from a cow.
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The power we call God defies description.
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What is impossible with man is child's play with God.
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Anything that exists is possible.
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I cannot give active support in the war effort without denying a life-time of practice.
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We stand on the threshold of a twilight-whether morning or evening we do not know. One is followed by the night, the other heralds the dawn.
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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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My religion and my patriotism derived from my religion, embrace all life.
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My attempt and prayer are and will be for an honorable peace between belligerent nations in the least possible time.
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Whatever may be true of the other modes of warfare, insatyagraha it has been held that the causes for failure are to be sought within.