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Biography : Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Indian lawyer and political ethicist.
Born: 1869 - Died: 1948
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: India
India

Mahatma Gandhi - Quotes

When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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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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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.
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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
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Peace is its own reward.
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Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
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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 will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
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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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Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.
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It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
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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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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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Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.
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You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
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The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
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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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God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. May He be so to every one of us.
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Those who know how to think need no teachers.
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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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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
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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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Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
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