“Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor...”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The manner in which the Gita has solved the problem is to my knowledge unique. The Gita says, ‘Do your allotted work but renounce its fruit — be detached and work — have no desire for reward and work.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Toute ma vie, j'ai été habitué à ce que les autres se trompent sur mon compte. C'est le lot de tout homme public. Il lui faut une solide cuirasse; car s'il fallait donner des explications pour se justifier quand on se méprend sur vos intentions, la vie deviendrait insupportable. Je me suis fait une règle de ne jamais intervenir pour rectifier ce genre d'erreur, à moins que ne l'exige la cause que je défends. Ce principe m'a épargné bien du temps et bien des tracas.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Proneness to exaggerate, to suppress or modify the truth, wittingly or unwittingly, is a natural weakness of man and silence is necessary in order to surmount it.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Homeopathy cures a larger percentage of cases than any other form of treatment and is beyond doubt safer and more economical.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“Purification being highly infectious, purification of oneself necessarily leads to the purification of one's surroundings.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results.”
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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 simply want to tell the story of my numerous experiments with Truth, and as my life consists of nothing but those experiments; it is true that the story will take the shape of an autobiography.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“In the Gita, the author has cleverly made use of the event to teach great truths.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
“The Mahabharata was not composed with the aim of describing a battle. The description of the battle serves only as a pretext.”
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Mahatma Gandhi