Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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To me Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence.

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Swadeshism is not a cult of hatred. It is a doctrine of selfless service that has its roots in the purest ahimsa, i.e. love.

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India must learn to live before she can aspire to die for humanity.

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The prince and the peasant will not be equalized by cutting off the prince's head.

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All of us with one voice call one God differently as Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-Hormuzda, Jehova, God and an infinite variety of names.

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Hitler is a scourge sent by God to punish men for their iniquities.

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Individual civil disobedience was everybody's inherent right, like the right of self-defence in normal life.

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Khadi work without the mastery of the science of khadi will be love's labour lost in terms of Swaraj.

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They might kill me but they cannot kill Gandhism. If truth can be killed, Gandhism can be killed.

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God makes crooked straight for us and sets things right when they seem to go dead wrong.

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The spinning wheel means national consciousness and a contribution by every individual to a definite constructive national work.

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Since nothing else that I see merely through the senses can or will persist, He alone is.

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Khaddar is an attempt to revise and reverse the process and establish a better relationship between the cities and villages.

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Every labourer is worthy of his hire. No country can produce thousands of unpaid whole-time workers.

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We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

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Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction.

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The nation's non-co-operation is an invitation to the Government to co-operate with it on its own terms, as is every nation's right and every good government's duty.

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The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa.

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The Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified, but the picture is imaginary.

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My patriotism is not an exclusive thing. It is all-embracing and I should reject that patriotism which sought to mount the distress or exploitation of other nationalities.

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Is a civilization worth the name, which requires, for its existence the very doubtful prop of a racial legislation and a lynch law?

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Every widow I have met has recognized in the wheel a dear forgotten friend.

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A man who is intentionally unarmed relies upon the Unseen Force called God by poets, but called the Unknown by scientists.

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The whole of India was the home of every Indian who considered himself as one and behaved as such, no matter to what faith he belonged.

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I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge.

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The real meaning of economic equality is "To each according to his need."

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A national spirit is necessary for national existence. A flag is a material aid to the development of such a spirit.

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There is no fundamental cleavage between Hindus and Mussalmans. We have lived in the same land as brothers for generations and what has been possible all these years will certainly be possible in the future.

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Freedom of India will demonstrate to all the exploited races of the earth that their freedom is very near.

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If we could all give our own definitions of God, there would be as many definitions as there are men and women.

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