“But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep; no effort that you may make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep. That”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There are innumerable definitions of God, because His manifestations are innumerable.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“That which never was, cannot exist, and that which exists, cannot cease to exist. Even the Sun is transient, coming into existence and vanishing. The candle both exists and does not exist, for, when it is burnt, its substance dissolves back into the five elements. Everything which has a name and a form ceases one day to exist in that particular mode, though it does not cease to be a creation of God.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained.”
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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
“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow-beings.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Religion which takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.”
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Mahatma Gandhi