“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I came in contact with every known Indian anarchist in London. Their bravery impressed me, but I felt that their zeal was misguided. I felt that violence was no remedy for India's ills, and that her civilisation required the use of a different and higher weapon for self-protection.
- Hind Swaraj”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The devotee of truth is often obliged to grope in the dark.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Third-class passengers are treated like sheep and their comforts are sheep’s comforts.”
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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
“I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I think it is wrong to expect certainties in this world, where all else but God, that is Truth, is an uncertainty.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I felt that God could be realized only through service. And service for me was the service of India, because it came to me without my seeking, because I had an aptitude for it.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There are many causes that I am prepared to die for, but no causes that I am prepared to kill for.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Friendship that insists upon agreement on all things isn't worth the name.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”
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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