“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
“Thinking along these lines, I have felt that in trying to enforce in one’s life the central teaching of the Gita, one is bound to follow Truth and ahimsa.”
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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
“In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.”
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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
“I learnt the lesson on non-violence from my wife, when I tried to bend her to my will. Her determined resistance to my will on the one hand, and her quiet submission to the suffering my stupidity involved on the other, ultimately made me ashamed of myself and cured me of my stupidity in thinking that I was born to rule over her, and in the end she became my teacher in non-violence.”
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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
“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“L'humanité court à son suicide si le monde n'adopte pas la non-violence.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The heart’s earnest and pure desire is always fulfilled. In my own experience I have often seen this rule verified.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“A person who believes in fighting and does not regard it as violence, though it is violence, is here being asked to kill.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
