Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

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It is a tragedy that religion for us means, today, nothing more than restrictions on food and drink, nothing more than adherence to absence of superiority and inferiority.

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The taking of vows that are not feasible or that are beyond one's capacity would betray thoughtlessness and want of balance.

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If we import compulsion in matters of religion, there is no doubt that we shall be committing suicide.

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Prosecution of the constructive programme means constructing the structure of Swaraj.

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It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.

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Time is wealth, and the Gita says the Great Annihilator annihilates those who waste time.

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It needs more than a heart of oak to shed all fear except the fear of God.

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True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

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The essence of true religious teaching is that one should serve and befriend all.

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Even the atheists, who have pretended to disbelieve in God, have believed in Truth.

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The moment the cultivators of the soil realize their power, the evil of Zamindari will be sterilized.

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Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death.

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Marriage must cease to be a matter of arrangement made by parents for money.

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God, who is the embodiment of Truth and Right and Justice, can never have sanctioned a religion or practice which regards one - fifth of our vast population as untouchables.

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To a people famishing and idle, the only acceptable form in which God can dare appear is work and promise of food as wages.

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A satyagrahi exhausts all other means before he resorts to satyagraha.

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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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Yajna is not yajna if one feels it to be burdensome or annoying.

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The man who coerces another not to eat fish commits more violence than he who eats it.

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No empire intoxicated with the red wine of power and the plunder of weaker races has yet lived long in this world.

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In a strictly scientific sense God is at the bottom of both good and evil.

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Though philosophical Hinduism has no other god but God, it cannot be denied that practical Hinduism is not so emphatically uncompromising as Islam.

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We shall make progress towards Swaraj only if we do everything thoughtfully and with understanding.

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Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy.

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That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants.

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When we fear God, then we shall fear no man, however high-placed he may be.

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What is it but my ahimsa that draws thousands of women to me in fearless confidence?

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Tulsidas's Ramayana is a notable book because it is informed with the spirit of purity, pity and piety.

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The most practical, the most dignified way of going on in the world is to take people at their word, when you have no positive reason to the contrary.

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