“The question of vernaculars as media of instruction is of national importance; neglect of the vernaculars means national suicide.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I had never found people quick to pay the amounts they had undertaken to subscribe, and the Natal Indians were no exception to the rule. As, therefore, no work was done unless there were funds on hand, the Natal Indian Congress has never been in debt.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Human language can but imperfectly describe God’s ways.”
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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
“If we are to make progress, we must not repeat history but make new history. We must add to inheritance left by our ancestors.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“We should do no work with attachment. Attachment to good work, is that too wrong? Yes, it is. If we are attached to our goal of winning swaraj, we shall not hesitate to adopt bad means. Hence, we should not be attached even to a good cause. Only then will our means remain pure and our actions too.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed anyway in their millions.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Identification with everything that lives is impossible without self-purification; without self-purification the observance of the law of Ahimsa must remain an empty dream. God can never be realised by one who is not pure of heart. Self-purification therefore must mean purification in all the walks of life. And purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one’s surroundings.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The Best Thing To Find Yourself Is To Loose Yourself In The Service Of Others”
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Mahatma Gandhi