Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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The khadi spirit means fellow-feeling with every human being on earth.

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Every affliction has its own rich lesson to teach, if we would learn it.

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Nowhere in the world would you find such skeletons of cows and bullocks as you do in our cow-worshipping India.

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At the centre of nonviolence is a force which is self-acting.

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If God is vast and boundless as the ocean, how can a tiny drop like man imagine what He is?

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Any imposition from without means compulsion. Such compulsion is repugnant to religion.

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My religion and my patriotism derived from my religion, embrace all life.

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The Gita distinguishes between the powers of light and darkness and demonstrates their incompatibility.

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Khaddar delivers the poor from the bonds of the rich and creates a moral and spiritual bond between the classes and the masses.

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He is no God who merely satisfies the intellect, if He ever does.

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When a tiger changes his nature, Englishmen will change theirs.

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We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

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Carrying arms for the removal of the Arms Act can never fall under any scheme of nonviolence.

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The Bible is as much a book of religion with me as the Gita and the Koran.

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Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful.

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Man does not live by bread alone. Many prefer self-respect to food.

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It is nature's kindness that we do not remember past births. Life would be a burden if we carried such a tremendous load of memories.

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Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

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Hindu-Muslim unity, khaddar and removal of untouchability are to me the foundation of Swaraj.

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There is a world-wide conflict between capital and labour, and the poor envy the rich.

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The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.

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True democracy is not inconsistent with a few persons representing the spirit, the hope and the aspirations of those whom they claim to represent.

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I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any Government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.

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If we develop the force of will, we shall find that we do not need the force of arms.

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Boycott of foreign cloth through picketing may easily be violent; through the use of khadi it is most natural and absolutely nonviolent.

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What can be richer and more fruitful than a greater fulfillment of the vow of nonviolence in thought, word and deed or the spread of that spirit?

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A fear-stricken person can never know God, and one who knows God will never fear a mortal man.

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It is better to be charged with cowardice and weakness than to be guilty of denial of our oath and sin against God.

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Calling them devadasis we insult God Himself in the name of religion.

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Nations are not formed in a day, the formation requires years.

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