Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country.

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The principle of ahimsa is hurt by every evil thought, by undue haste, by lying, by hatred, by wishing ill to anybody.

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I have in my life never been guilty of saying things I did not mean - my nature is to go straight to the heart and if often I fail in doing so for the time being, I know that Truth ultimately makes itself heard and felt, as it has often done in my experience.

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I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun loincloths and towels and my reputation, which cannot be worth much.

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Hinduism does not rest on the authority of one book or one prophet, nor does it posses a common creed like the Kalma.

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Rights of true citizenship accrue only to those who serve the State to which they belong.

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A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.

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Indeed, a civil resister offers resistance only when peace becomes impossible.

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A wretched parent who claims obedience from his children, without first doing his duty by them, excites nothing but contempt.

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For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion.

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If India becomes the slave of the machine, then, I say, heaven save the world.

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The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect.

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If the poet spun for half an hour daily, his poetry would gain in richness.

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A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.

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I have pinned my faith to the spinning wheel. On it, I believe, the salvation of this country depends.

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Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.

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God Himself has reserved no right of revision of His own laws nor is there any need for Him for any such revision.

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Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?

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If fighting for the legislatures meant a sacrifice of truth and nonviolence, democracy would not be worth a moment's purchase.

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There are chords in every human heart. If we only knew how to strike the right chord, we would bring out the music.

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I regard Duryodhana and his party as the baser impulses in man, and Arjuna and his party as the higher impulses.

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Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.

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Violence is bound sooner or later to exhaust itself but peace cannot issue out of such exhaustion.

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I believe that religious education must be the sole concern of religious associations.

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Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.

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Swadeshi is the only doctrine consistent with the law of humanity and love.

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I do not believe that the spiritual law works on a field of its own. On the contrary, it expresses itself only through the ordinary activities of life. It thus affects the economic, the social and the political fields.

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I call myself a labourer because I take pride in calling myself a spinner, weaver, farmer and scavenger.

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Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.

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Satyagraha is a process of educating public opinion, such that it covers all the elements of the society and in the end makes itself irresistible.

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