“Religion which takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The Gita has sung the praises of Knowledge, but it is beyond the mere intellect; it is essentially addressed to the heart and capable of being understood by the heart.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Sir Pherozeshah had seemed to me like the Himalaya, the Lokamanya like the ocean. But Gokhale was as the Ganges.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.”
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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
“The earth has everything for all human needs, but nothing for his greed.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Don't talk about it. The rose doesn't have to propagate its perfume. It just gives it forth, and people are drawn to it. Live it, and people will come to see the source of your power.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Facts mean truth, and once we adhere to truth, the law comes to our aid naturally.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve love and affection.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“But the path of self-purification is hard and steep. To attain to perfect purity one has to become absolutely passion-free in thought, speech and action; to rise above the opposing currents of love and hatred, attachment and repulsion. I”
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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
