Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Buddha renounced every worldly happiness because he wanted to share with the whole world his happiness which was to be had by men who sacrificed and suffered in the search for truth.
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Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.
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It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.
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Character alone will have real effect on the masses.
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Anger, lust and such other evil passions raging in the heart are the real untouchables.
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Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward course than the upward, especially when the downward course is presented to him in a beautiful garb. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the garb of virtue.
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What distinguishes man from the brute is his conscious striving to realise the spirit within.
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Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.
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Force that the performance of duty naturally generates is the non-violent and invincible force that satyagraha brings into being.
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The present war is the saturation point in violence. It spells, to my mind, also its doom.
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Let your thoughts be positive for they will become your words. Let your words be positive for they will become your actions. Let your actions be positive for they will become your values. Let your values be positive for they will become your destiny.
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The purer I try to become, the nearer I feel to be to God.
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We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body.
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Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.
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If we were to drive out the English with the weapons with which they enslaved us, our slavery would still be with us even when they have gone.
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Truth is my religion and ahimsa is the only way of its realization.
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The knowledge of the omnipresence of God also means respect for the lives even of those who may be called opponents.
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Khaddar delivers the poor from the bonds of the rich and creates a moral and spiritual bond between the classes and the masses.
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A love that is based on the goodness of those whom you love is a mercenary affair.
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The sole aim of journalism should be service.
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What the two hands of the labourer can achieve, the capitalist will never get with all his gold and silver.
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True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.
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All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free.
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Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma.