Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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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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The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.
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We must be ever courteous and patient with those who do not see eye to eye with us. We must resolutely refuse to consider our opponents as enemies.
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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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Mother cow is in many ways better than the mother who gave us birth.
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I believe in the absolute oneness of God and therefore of humanity. What though we have many bodies? We have but one soul. . . . I know God is neither in heaven nor down below, but in everyone.
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The power we call God defies description.
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Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.
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The highest fulfillment of religion requires a giving up of all possessions.
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People in a democracy should be satisfied with drawing the Government's attention to a mistake, if any.
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My religion and my patriotism derived from my religion, embrace all life.
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Without the study of Samskrit one cannot become a true Indian and a true learned man.
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The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.
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We become Godlike to the extent we realize nonviolence, but we can never become wholly God.
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It Is possible to live in peace.
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To say that a single human being, because of his birth, becomes an untouchable, unapproachable or invisible is to deny God.
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Cowardice is incompatible with divine wisdom.
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If you have faith in the cause and the means and in God, the hot sun will be cool for you.
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Life is an aspiration. Its mission is to strive after perfection, which is self-realization. The ideal must not be lowered because of our weaknesses or imperfections.
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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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All religions are branches of the same mighty tree, but I must not change over from one branch to another for the sake of expediency.
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Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.
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Ahimsa is my God, and Truth is my God.
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All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.