Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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India has the right, if she only knew, of becoming the predominant partner by reason of her numbers, geographical position and culture inherited for ages.

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A balanced intellect presupposes a harmonious growth of body, mind and soul.

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Democracy will break under the strain of apron strings. It can exist only on trust.

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The cottage industry of India had to perish in order that Lancashire might flourish.

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The greater the realization of truth and ahimsa, the greater the illumination.

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Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.

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The force of the spirit is ever progressive and endless. Its full expression makes it unconquerable in the world.

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A religion cannot be sustained by the number of its lip-followers denying in their lives its tenets.

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It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.

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Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity.

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Civil disobedience can never be in general terms, such as for independence.

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It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

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In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place.

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Swaraj can only be achieved through an all-round consciousness of the masses.

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Every living faith must have within itself the power of rejuvenation if it is to live

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Sorrow and suffering make for character if they are voluntarily borne, but not if they are imposed.

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To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.

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Every person in a well-ordered state is fully conscious of both his responsibilities and his rights.

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A rose will smell as sweet by any other name, but it must be the rose of liberty that I want and not the artificial product.

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Life becomes livable only to the extent that death is treated as a friend, never as an enemy.

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The message of the Gita is to be found in the second chapter of the Gita where Lord Krishna speaks of the balanced state of mind, of mental equipoise.

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Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way.

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A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.

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The incident deepened my feeling for the Indian settlers. I discussed with them the advisability of making a test case, if it were found necessary to do so, after having seen the British Agent in the matter of these regulations.

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The function of violence is to obtain reform by external means, the function of passive resistance, that is, soul-force, is to obtain it by growth from within, which, in its turn, is obtained by self-suffering, self-purification.

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True art must be evidence of happiness, contentment and purity of its authors.

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God has made of man and woman one complete whole. In the scheme of nature, both of them are equal.

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National education to be truly national must reflect the national condition for the time being.

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Man is not to drown himself in the well of the Shastras, but he is to dive in their broad ocean and bring out pearls.

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In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.

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