Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
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And he who would be friends with God must remain alone, or make the whole world his friend.
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The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.
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One who hooks his fortune to ahimsa, the law of love, daily lessens the circle of destruction and to that extent promotes life and love.
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Khadi mentality means decentralization of the production and distribution of the necessaries of life.
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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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God took and needed no personal service. He served His creatures without demanding any service for Himself in return.
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I believe that there is no prayer without fasting, and there is no real fast without prayer.
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God has blessed me with the mission to place nonviolence before the nation for adoption.
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Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?
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It is knowledge that ultimately gives salvation.
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To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny one's faith in man and God, even one's own self. It were better for one to drown oneself than live to declare such bankruptcy of faith.
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Ahimsa in theory no one knows. It is as indefinable as God.
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What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.
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When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.
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Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.
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Spiritual force is like any other force at the service of man.
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Where there is no strength of mind there can be no strength of soul.
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The very word Islam means peace, which is nonviolence.
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The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker.
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Unless discipline is rooted in nonviolence, it might prove to be a source of infinite mischief.
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We should be able to refuse to live if the price of living be the torture of sentient beings.
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Buddhism in one long prayer.
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Outward Peace is useless without inner Peace.