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No religion which is narrow and which cannot satisfy the test of reason, will survive the coming reconstruction of society in which the values will have changed and character, not possession of wealth, title or birth, will be the test of merit.
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Once one assumes an attitude of intolerance, there is no knowing where it will take one. Intolerance, someone has said, is violence to the intellect and hatred is violence to the heart.
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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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Solitude is a catalyst for innovation.
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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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Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages.
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We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.
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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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I think it would be a good idea.
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What we can do, we will try to do.
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That nonviolence which only an individual can use is not of much use in terms of society.
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The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination.
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Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.
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Civilizations have come and gone and, in spite of our vaunted progress, I am tempted to ask again and again, 'To what purpose?'
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The word 'defeat' is not to be found in my dictionary, and everyone who is selected as a recruit in my army may be certain that there is no defeat for a satyagrahi.
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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 road to freedom, freedom is the road.
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Your future depends on what you do today.
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The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.
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Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.
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No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.
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I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.
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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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Nonviolence in politics is a new weapon in the process of evolution; its vast possibilities are yet unexplored.