Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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By patriotism I mean the welfare of the whole people, if I secure it at the hands of my opponent, I should bow down my head to him.

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Religions are not for separating men from one another, they are meant to bind them.

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Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?

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For me the only certain means of knowing God is nonviolence, ahimsa, love.

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Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within.

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More caution and perhaps more restraint are necessary in breaking a fast than in keeping it.

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The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.

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Nanda broke down every barrier and won his way to freedom not by brag, not by bluster, but by the purest form of self-suffering.

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Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation.

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The Charkha, which is the embodiment of willing obedience and calm persistence, must therefore succeed before there is civil disobedience.

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Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

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We must break through the provincial crust if we are to reach the core of all-India nationalism.

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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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To die in the act of killing is, in essence, to die defeated.

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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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"Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God" this appears to be the commandment in all religions.

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Let us give today first the vital things of life and all the grace and ornaments of life will follow.

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My non-violence bids me dedicate myself to the service of the minorities.

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My Hindu instinct tells me that all religions are more or less true.

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For the courage of self-sacrifice, woman is any time superior to man, as I believe man is to woman for the courage of the brute.

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Compulsory obedience to a master is a state of slavery, willing obedience to one's father is the glory of son ship.

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A democratic organization has to dare to do the right at all costs.

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I am conscious of my own limitations. That consciousness is my only strength.

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It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man.

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Women are special custodians of all that is pure and religious in life.

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Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

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The best way of losing a cause is to abuse your opponent and to trade upon his weakness.

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A mother would never by choice sleep in a wet bed but she would gladly do so in order to spare the dry bed for her child.

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Non-co-operation is a movement intended to invite Englishmen to co-operate with us on honourable terms or retire from our land.

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Exploitation and domination of one nation over another can have no place in a world striving to put an end to all war.

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