“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Compassion is a muscle that gets stronger with use.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“it's easy to stand in the crowd but it takes courage to stand alone”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Truth is like a vast tree, which yields more and more fruit, the more you nurture it”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."
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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. As we know that a man often succumbs to temptation, however much he say resist it, we also know that Providence often intercedes and saves him in spite of himself. How all this happens—how far a man is free and how far a creature of circumstances—how far free-will comes into play and where fate enters on the scene—all this is a mystery and will remain a mystery.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“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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Mahatma Gandhi
“What does it matter to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
