Would Be Quotes - Page 12

• It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  India, Taste, Language

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works”

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• If we could all give our own definitions of God, there would be as many definitions as there are men and women.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Men, Giving

  Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.195, Vintage

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• If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Poison, Widowhood, Hinduism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.213, Rajpal & Sons

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• For Hindus to expect Islam, Christianity or Zoroastrianism to be driven out of India is as idle a dream as it would be for Mussalmans to have only Islam of their imagination rule the world.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Dream, Imagination, Islam

  Mahatma Gandhi (1957). “Christian Missions, Their Place in India”

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• God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Military, India, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Communal Unity”

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• It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the division of India.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Party, India, Division

  Mahatma Gandhi (1983). “Collected Works”

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• Jail-going is only the beginning, not the end of satyagraha. The acme of satyagraha for us would be to lay down our lives for the defence of India's just cause.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Jail, India, Causes

  Mahatma Gandhi (1982). “Collected Works”

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• The only real and reliable guarantee for khadi would be honesty, truthfulness and sincerity of khadi workers.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Honesty, Real, Guarantees

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• Without real nonviolence, there would be perfect anarchy.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Perfect, Anarchy

  Mahatma Gandhi (1994). “Volume of prefaces”

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• If all were nonviolent, there would be no anarchy and there would be no question of anybody being armed for meeting aggression from without.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Anarchy, Aggression, Meetings

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• Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Real, Rights, Safeguarding

  Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

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• Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Truth, Humility, Arrogant

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

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• The whole world is in the throes of a new birth. Anything done for a temporary gain would be tantamount to an abortion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Abortion, Done, World

  Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “To the Protagonists of Pakistan”

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• Civil disobedience presupposes willing obedience of our self-imposed rules, and without it civil disobedience would be a cruel joke.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Self, Obedience, Willing

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

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• Far better than emasculation would be the bravery of those who use physical force. Far better than cowardice would be meeting one's death fighting.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Fighting, Bravery, Coward

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

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• If a single man demanded as much as a man with a wife and four children, then that would be a violation of the concept of economic equality.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Children, Men, Equality

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• Ramanama can be used only for a good, never for an evil end, or else thieves and robbers would be the greatest devotees.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Evil, Thieves, Rama

  Mahatma Gandhi (1949). “Ramanama”

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• If God were not to test us, there would be no patience.

  John Calvin

  Faith, Religious, Tests

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• Take away material prosperity; take away emotional highs; take away miracles and healing; take away fellowship with other believers; take away church; take away all opportunity for service; take away assurance of salvation; take away the peace and joy of the Holy Spirit... Yes! Take it all, all, far, far away. And what is left? Tragically, for many believers there would be nothing left. For does our faith really go that deep? Or do we, in the final analysis, have a cross-less Christianity?

  Mike Mason

  Faith, Religious, Healing

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• I read that MTV's Real World got 40,000 applications. That's amazing, such an even number. You would have thought it would be 40,008.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Real, Humor

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• If a drink was ice cold, it would be impossible to drink. Because it would be solid. Here's a drink, Mitch - it's ice cold. I guess I could lick it.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Ice

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• I would like to go fishing and catch a fish stick. That would be convenient. I could easily get a job at Mrs. Paul's.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Jobs, Humor

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• That would be cool if the earth's crust was made out of graham cracker. It would disappear just like the ozone layer, but for completely different reasons.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Ozone

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• I am wearing a vest. If I had no arms, it would be a jacket.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Arms

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• Imagine if the headless horseman had a headless horse. That would be chaos. I would think that if you were the headless horseman's horse, you would be very confused. "I don't think this dude can see."

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Horse, Confused

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