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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

To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.
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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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