“True morality consists not in following the beaten track, but in finding the true path for ourselves, and fearlessly following it.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“And he who would be friends with God must remain alone, or make the whole world his friend”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown of my feet by any”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“It is my firm conviction that man need take no milk at all, beyond the mother’s milk that he takes as a baby. His diet should consist of nothing but sunbaked fruits and nuts.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“We are constantly being astonished these days at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Our contribution to the progress of the world must, therefore, consist in setting our own house in order.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“But truth is hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“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 than the one derived from fear of punishment.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“How it is that Bengal with all its knowledge, intelligence, sacrifice, and emotion tolerates this slaughter?”
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Mahatma Gandhi