Mahatma Gandhi - Truth Quotes

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Vehement writing, even if it is charged with truth, is no answer to violent action.

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I will say that if there is anything like God Or Truth on earth, Hindu-Muslim unity is also possible.

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I have repeatedly stated that satyagraha never fails and that one perfect satyagrahi is enough to vindicate Truth.

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Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient.

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Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - these are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.

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The truth is that cowardice itself is violence of a subtle type and therefore dangerous and far more difficult to eradicate than the habit of physical violence.

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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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My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence.

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There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth.

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Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.

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What has appealed to me most in Tolstoy's life is that he practiced what he preached and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of truth.

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To find truth completely is to realize oneself and one's destiny, i.e. to become perfect.

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The highest truth needs no communicating, for it is by its very nature self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose its fragrance without the intervention of a medium.

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God is Light, not darkness. God is Love, not hate. God is truth, not untruth. God alone is great.

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Nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. This is God's attribute alone. Relative truth is all we know. Therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. Such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.

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Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency.

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Satyagraha is a relentless search for truth and a determination to search truth.

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The panoplied warrior of truth and nonviolence is ever and incessantly active.

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

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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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The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

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In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.

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If it is possible for the human tongue to give the fullest description of God, I have come to the conclusion that God is Truth.

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Its unadulterated belief in the oneness of God and a practical application of the truth of the brotherhood of man for those who are nominally within its fold are two distinctive contributions of Islam.

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God of Truth and Justice can never create distinctions of high and low among His own children.

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The notion of education through handicrafts rises from the contemplation of truth and love permeating life's activities.

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Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together

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I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things.

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Hindu religious literature, indeed all religious literature, is full of illustrations to prove the truth.

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