Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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When a man wants to make up with his Maker, he does not consult a third party.

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Seek ye first the Charkha and its concomitants and everything else will be added unto you.

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The socialistic conception of the West was born in an environment reeking with violence.

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Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?

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Begin your day with prayer, and make it so soulful that it may remain with you until the evening.

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A democrat must be utterly selfless. He must think and dream not in terms of self or of party, but only of democracy.

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It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

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Repression does for a true man or a nation what fire does for gold.

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He who is ever brooding over result often loses nerve in the performance of his duty.

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There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.

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On India rests the burden of pointing the way to all the exploited races of the earth.

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The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth.

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The reaction that a ruthless dictator sets up in us either that of awe or pity according respectively as we react to him violently on nonviolently.

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Out of the performance of duties flow rights, and those that knew and performed their duties came naturally by their rights.

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Love in the sense of ahimsa has only a limited number of votaries in the world.

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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.

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I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.

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The ideal that marriage aims at is that of spiritual union through the physical. The human love that it incarnates is intended to serve as a stepping stone to diving or universal love.

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Means are not to be distinguished from ends. If violent means are used, there will be bad results.

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If I preach against the modern artificial life of sensual enjoyment, and ask men and women to go back to the simple life epitomized in the charkha, I do so because I know that without an intelligent return to simplicity, there is no escape from our d.

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I believe that a party wishing equality for India does exist in Britain. But it is an insignificant minority, and while I honour and like their opinion I cannot be enthused over it, for I know that those who shape policy and dominate are otherwise inclined. For me, therefore, it is only the Secretary of State who counts.

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This civilization is such that one has only to be patient and it will be self-destroyed.

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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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