“It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their fellow beings.”
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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
“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
“There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.”
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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
“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“I felt that it was not a historical work, but that, under the guise of physical warfare, it described the duel that perpetually went on in the hearts of mankind, and that physical warfare was brought in merely to make the description of the internal duel more alluring. This preliminary intuition became more confirmed on a closer study of religion and the Gita. A study of the Mahabharata gave it added confirmation. I do not regard the Mahabharata as a historical work in the accepted sense. The Adiparva contains powerful evidence in support of my opinion. By ascribing to the chief actors superhuman or subhuman origins, the great Vyasa made short work the history of kings and their peoples. The persons therein described may be historical, but the author of the Mahabharata has used them merely to drive home his religious theme.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”
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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
“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
“For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny pay thou back with gold; If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold. Thus the words and actions of the wise regard; Every little service tenfold they reward. But the truly noble know all men as one, And return with gladness good for evil done.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The earth provides enough to satisfy every person's need, but not every person's greed.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Krishna of the Gita is perfection and right knowledge personified; but the picture is imaginary. That does not mean that Krishna, the adored of his people, never lived. But perfection is imagined. The idea of a perfect incarnation is an after growth.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
