“The Mahabharata was not composed with the aim of describing a battle. The description of the battle serves only as a pretext.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“La non-violence est la loi de notre espèce, comme la violence est la loi de la brute. L'esprit somnole chez la brute qui ne connaît pour toute loi que cette de la force physique. La dignité de l'homme exige d'obéir à une loi supérieure.
à la force de l'esprit.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Experience has taught me that silence is part of the spiritual discipline of a votary of truth.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The deeper the search in the mine of truth the richer the discovery of the gems buried there”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“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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Mahatma Gandhi
“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“It does not require money, to live neat, clean and dignified..”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man’s supremacy over the lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower,”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Forgive and forget, but never forget to forgive. You may find a happier heart is the key to a happier life.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There are some actions from which an escape is a godsend both for the man who escapes and for those about him. Man, as soon as he gets back his consciousness of right, is thankful to the Divine mercy for the escape.”
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Mahatma Gandhi