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Mohandas Gandhi Quotes
A 'No' uttered
from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to
please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
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A coward is
incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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A man is but the
product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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A man who was
completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of
others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It
was a perfect act.
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A nation's culture
resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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A policy is a
temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has
got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
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A principle is the
expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot
practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in
practice.
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A religion that
takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them
is no religion.
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A small body of
determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can
alter the course of history.
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A vow is a purely
religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be
taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.
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Action expresses
priorities.
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Action is no less
necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
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Adaptability is
not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
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All the religions
of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly
proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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Always aim at
complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying
your thoughts and everything will be well.
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Among the many
misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act
depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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An error does not
become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become
error because nobody sees it.
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An eye for an eye
makes us all blind.
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An eye for eye
only ends up making the whole world blind.
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An ounce of
practice is worth more than tons of preaching.
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An unjust law is
itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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Anger and
intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
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Are creeds such
simple things like the clothes which a man can change at will and put
on at will? Creeds are such for which people live for ages and ages.
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As human beings,
our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that
is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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Be the change that
you want to see in the world.
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Before the throne
of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his
intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.
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Better far than
cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.
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Breach of promise
is a base surrender of truth.
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But for my faith
in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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Capital as such is
not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or
other will always be needed.
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Commonsense is the
realised sense of proportion.
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Confession of
errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the
surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
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Constant
development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain
his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false
position.
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Culture of the
mind must be subservient to the heart.
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Don't listen to
friends when the Friend inside you says 'Do this.'
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Each one has to
find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by
outside circumstances.
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Each one prays to
God according to his own light.
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Even if you are a
minority of one, the truth is the truth.
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Every formula of
every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of
reason and universal assent.
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Everyone who wills
can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.
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Evil is, good or
truth misplaced.
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Faith is not
something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
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Faith... must be
enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
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Fear has its use
but cowardice has none.
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Fear of death
makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want
of religious faith.
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First they ignore
you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
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For me every ruler
is alien that defies public opinion.
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Freedom is never
dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay
for living ?
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Freedom is not
worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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Gentleness,
self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one
race or religion.
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Glory lies in the
attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
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God is, even
though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no
public support. It is self-sustained.
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God sometimes does
try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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God, as Truth, has
been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
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Happiness is when
what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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Healthy discontent
is the prelude to progress.
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Honest
disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
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Human society is a
ceaseless growth, an unfoldment in terms of spirituality.
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I abhor
vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific discoveries stained
with innocent blood I count as of no consequence.
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I am prepared to
die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
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I believe in
equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.
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I believe in the
fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
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I believe that a
man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
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I claim that human
mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments
called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one
another.
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I claim to be a
simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own,
however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to
retrace my steps.
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I do not want to
foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God
has given me no control over the moment following.
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I have also seen
children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance.
That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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I have worshipped
woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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I know, to banish
anger altogether from one's breast is a difficult task. It cannot be
achieved through pure personal effort. It can be done only by God's
grace.
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I like your
Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike
your Christ.
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I look only to the
good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to
probe into the faults of others.
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