Mahatma Gandhi quotes - page 16

Man and his deed are two distinct things. It is quite proper to resist and attack a system, but to resist and attack its author is tantamount to resisting and attacking one-self. For we are all tarred with the same brush and are children of one and the same Creator, and as such the divine powers within us are infinite. To slight a single human being is to slight those divine powers, and thus to harm not only that being, but with him, the whole world. (Mahatma Gandhi)
In the democracy which I have envisaged, a democracy established by non-violence, there will be equal freedom for all. Everybody will be his own master. It is to join a struggle for such democracy that I invite you today. View quote
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In judging myself I shall try to be as harsh as truth, as I want others also to be. View quote
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Tolerance gives us spiritual insight, which is as far from fanaticism as the north pole is from the south. True knowledge of religion breaks down the barriers between faith and faith and gives rise to tolerance. Cultivation of tolerance for other faiths will impart to us a truer understanding of our own. View quote
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A non-violent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself, he fights only for the freedom of his country. View quote
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It is impossible for me to reconcile myself to the idea of conversion after the style that goes on in India and elsewhere today. View quote
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The state represents violence in a concentrated and organized form. The Individual has a soul, but as the state is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence. View quote
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Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering. It does not means meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means the putting of one's whole soul against the will of the tyrant. View quote
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I am not pleading for India to practice nonviolence because it is weak. I want her to practice nonviolence being conscious of her strength and power. View quote
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I know of no single case in which it has failed. View quote
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I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should in a cowardly manner become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment, forgiveness adorns a soldier. (Mahatma Gandhi)
I must not refrain from a saying that India can gain more by waiving the right of punishment. We have better work to do, a better mission to deliver to the world. View quote
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You will invite Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini to take what they want of the countries you call your possessions. Let them take possession of your beautiful island, with your many beautiful buildings. You will give all these, but neither your souls, nor your minds. If these gentlemen choose to occupy your homes, you will vacate them. If they do not give you free passage out, you will allow yourself, man, woman and child, to be slaughtered, but you will refuse to owe allegiance to them. View quote
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May God give power to every word of mine. In his name I began to write this, and in His name I close it. View quote
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I want you to fight Nazism without arms, or, if I am to retain the military terminology, with non-violent arms. View quote
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I do not believe myself to be a helpless creature. Only I want to use India's and my strength for better purpose. View quote
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We cannot evoke the true spirit of sacrifice and valour, so long as we are not free. View quote
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Принцип «око за око» сделает весь мир слепым. An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. View quote
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There is enough wealth in the world to satisfy everyone's needs, ... View quote
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I know of no one who has done more for humanity than Jesus. In fact, there is nothing wrong with Christianity ... The trouble is with you Christians. You do not begin to live up to your own teachings. View quote
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My own experience but confirms the opinion that the Musalman as a rule is a bully, and the Hindu as rule is a coward. (Mahatma Gandhi)
All humanity is one undivided and indivisible family, and each one of us is responsible for the misdeeds of all the others. View quote
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War criminals are not confined to the Axis powers alone. Roosevelt and Churchill are no less war criminals than Hitler and Mussolini. View quote
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If the vast majority of Muslims regard themselves as a separate nation having nothing in common with the Hindus and others, no power on earth can compel them to think otherwise. And if they want to partition India on that basis, they must have the partition, unless Hindus want to fight against such a division. View quote
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My implicit faith in nonviolence does mean yielding to minorities when they are really weak. The best way to weaken communalists is to yield to them. Resistance will only rouse their suspicion and strengthen their opposition. View quote
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