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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

The good man is the friend of all living things.
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Morality is contraband in war.
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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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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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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
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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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Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.
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Each one prays to God according to his own light.
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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.
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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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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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Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and also faith in man.
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Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies.
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Non-violence is the article of faith.
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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
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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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If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
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Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
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Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.
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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
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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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Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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