Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward course than the upward, especially when the downward course is presented to him in a beautiful garb. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the garb of virtue.

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I have described Swaraj as Ramarajya and Ramarajya is an impossibility unless we have thousands of Sitas.

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The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.

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Let me say that God will send me the plan when He gives the word as He has done before now.

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The Law of Love, call it attraction, affinity, cohesion if you like, governs the world.

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My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control.

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Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom.

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Ahimsa is the height of Kshatriya dharma as it represents the climax of fearlessness.

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The Muslim is as much an Indian as I am and of the same blood.

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The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.

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A seeker of truth will never begin by discounting his opponent's statement as unworthy of trust.

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We are aware that the business of Swaraj will thrive only if the boycott of foreign cloth is successful.

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Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification.

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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

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The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from the grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.

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Dharma is one and one only. Ahimsa means moksha, and moksha is the realization of Truth.

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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

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Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence.

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Nonviolence, in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering.

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I am not likely to obtain the result flowing from the worship of God by laying myself prostrate before Satan.

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This mad rush for wealth must cease and the labourer must be assured not only of a living wage but, also a daily task that is not mere drudgery.

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Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise.

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Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms.

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Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity.

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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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It is a sad thing that our schoolboys look upon manual labour with disfavour, if not contempt.

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It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

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In order that knowledge may not run riot, the author of the Gita has insisted on devotion accompanying it and has given it the first place.

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