Mahatma Gandhi - Truth Quotes

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Truth to me is infinitely dearer than the 'mahatmaship' which is purely a burden.

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In the march towards Truth, anger, selfishness, hatred, etc., naturally give way, for otherwise Truth would be impossible to attain. A man who is swayed by passions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth.

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In judging myself I shall try to be as harsh as truth, as I want others also to be. Measuring myself by that standard I must exclaim with Surdas: ' Where is there a wretch So wicked and loathsome as I? I have forsaken my Maker, So faithless have I been.' For it is an unbroken torture to me that I am still so far from him, who, as I fully know, governs every breath of my life, and whose offspring I am. I know that it is the evil passions within that keep me so far from Him, and yet I cannot get away from them.

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Truth, which is permanent, eludes the historian of events. Truth transcends history.

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The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death.

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In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.

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Yet even differences prove helpful, where there are tolerance, charity and Truth.

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

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He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa.

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In Hinduism we have got an admirable foot-rule to measure every shastra and every rule of conduct, and that is truth.

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The truth is that God is the force. He is the essence of life. He is pure and undefiled consciousness. He is eternal.

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Truth has drawn me into the field of politics; and I can say without the slightest hesitation, and yet in all humility, that those who say that religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion means.

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When you want to find Truth as God, the only inevitable means is love, that is nonviolence.

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Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even if I am forsaken by all. Mine may today be a voice in the wilderness, but it will be heard when all other voices are silenced, if it is the voice of Truth.

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So far as I can see, the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained for ages. There used to be so-called laws of war, which made it tolerable. Now we know the truth. War knows no law except that of might. The atomic bomb brought an empty victory but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan. What has happened to the soul of the destroying nation is yet too early to see...

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Truth is God, and Truth overrides all our plans. The whole Truth is only embodied within the heart of Great Power-Truth.

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I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

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But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

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Truth is my religion and ahimsa is the only way of its realization.

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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.

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I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity.

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Exercise of faith will be the safest where there is a clear determination summarily to reject all that is contrary to truth and love.

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I know that in embarking on non-violence I shall be running what might be termed a mad risk. But the victories of truth have never been won without risks.

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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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Death is at any time blessed but it is twice blessed for a warrior who dies for his cause, that is, truth.

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Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you nurture it. The deeper the search in the mind of truth, the richer the discovery of the gems buried there.

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For me, Rama and Rahim are one and the same deity. I acknowledge no other God but the one God of truth and righteousness.

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

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Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.

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In fact, it is more correct to say that Truth is God, than to say that God is Truth.

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