Mahatma Gandhi Quotes - Page 27

• I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, God, Spiritual

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.163, A&C Black

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• If we know how much passive violence we perpetrate against one another, we will understand why there is so much physical violence plaguing societies and the world.

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  World, Violence, Passive

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• Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

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  Mean, Justice, Desire

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.106, Courier Corporation

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• It dawned upon me that fasting could be made as powerful a weapon of indulgence as of restraint

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  Powerful, Fasting, Weapons

  Mahatma Gandhi, General Press (2014). “My Experiments with Truth: An Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.488, GENERAL PRESS

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• I do not consider Hitler to be as bad as he is depicted. He is showing an ability which is amazing and he seems to be gaining his victories without much bloodshed.

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  Government, Victory, Bloodshed

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• Mass civil disobedience was for the attainment of independence.

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  Independence, Mass, Attainment

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “Collected Works”

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• Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Christian, Spiritual, Buddhist

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• A straight fight in an equal battle takes some bravery, but braver is he who, knowing that he would have to sacrifice ninety-five as against five of the enemy, faces death.

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  Fighting, Sacrifice, Knowing

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• We want freedom for our country, but not at the expense or exploitation of others, not so as to degrade other countries.

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  Country, Freedom, Want

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Ronald Duncan (2005). “Gandhi: Selected Writings”, p.245, Courier Corporation

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• There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Spiritual, Violence, Causes

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• It's not just words. Action expresses priorities.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Priorities, Action

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• A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. He who learns nothing from his disciples is, in my opinion, worthless. Whenever I talk with someone I learn from him. I take from him more than I give him.

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  Education, Teacher, Attitude

  "Collected Works".

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• Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.

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  God, May, God Love

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.28, Courier Corporation

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• With every true friendship, we build more firmly the foundations on which the peace of the whole world rests.

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  Friendship, Peace, True Friend

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• If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

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  Faith, Patience, Time

  Mahatma Gandhi (1969). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters.

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  Character, Letters, Ends

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

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• ... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up milk if I could, but I cannot. I have made that experiment times without number. I could not, after a serious illness, regain my strength, unless I went back to milk. That has been the tragedy of my life. But the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism.

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  Giving Up, Animal, Men

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives.

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  Hurt, Thinking, People

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.156, Courier Corporation

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• Performance of duty and observance of morality are convertible terms.

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  Morality, Duty, Term

  Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “Hind Swaraj”, p.49, Rajpal & Sons

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• All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family. I cannot detach myself from the wickedest soul.

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  Soul, Humanity, Criminal Mind

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• 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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  Doubt, Form, Treatment

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• God demands nothing less than self - surrender as the price for the only real freedom that is worth having.

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  God, Real, Self

  Mahatma Gandhi (1980). “All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections”, p.62, A&C Black

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• Those who are truthful, nonviolent and brave do not cease to be so because of the stupidity of their leader.

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  Leader, Brave, Stupidity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• It is impossible that God, who is the God of Justice, could have made the distinctions that men observe today in the name of religion.

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  God, Men, Names

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

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• The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Distance

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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