Indian - Leader | October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.
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I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the spirit of service and sacrifice.
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Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within.
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We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
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Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
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God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.
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