Indian - Leader | October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948
Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
Mahatma Gandhi
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What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?
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I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
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Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
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Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
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Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
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Man is supposed to be the maker of his destiny. It is only partly true. He can make his destiny, only in so far as he is allowed by the Great Power.
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I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
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The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
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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.
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A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
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