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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.

Mahatma Gandhi
Funny, Sarcastic, Spiritual

There being no absolute and universal standard of right, terrorism must be held to be wrong in every case.

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Terrorism, Cases, Standards
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

A slave- holder, who has decided to abolish slavery, does not consult his slaves whether they desire freedom or not.

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Freedom, Desire, Doe
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.125, Courier Corporation

If non-violence is the Law of our being, the future is with Women.

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Equality, Law, Women Empowerment
Mahatma Gandhi, K. Swaminathan (1988). “A Gandhi Reader”, Stosius Incorporated/Advent Books Division

How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.

Mahatma Gandhi
Names, Differences, Mind

What the two hands of the labourer can achieve, the capitalist will never get with all his gold and silver.

Mahatma Gandhi
Hands, Two, Gold

He who runs to the doctor, vaidya, or hakim for every little ailment, and swallows all kinds of vegetable and mineral drugs, not only curtails his life, but by becoming the slave of his body instead of remaining its master, loses self-control, and ceases to be a man.

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Running, Men, Doctors
Mahatma Gandhi (2008). “My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography”, p.286, Jaico Publishing House

The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses.

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Humanity, Soul, Mind

Through Khadi we teach the people the art of civil obedience to an institution which they have built up for themselves.

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Art, People, Obedience
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1986). “The Moral and Political Writings of Mahatma Gandhi: Non-Violent Resistance and Social Transformation”, Clarendon Press

Lady is the buddy of man, skilled with equivalent mental limit.

Mahatma Gandhi
Men, Limits, Buddy

Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion

Mahatma Gandhi
Names, Hypocrisy, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi (1946). “Daridra-Narayana: Edited & Published by Anand T. Hingorani”

The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from the grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.

Mahatma Gandhi
Children, Life Lesson, Humble
Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.226, Rajpal & Sons

Though violence is not lawful, when it is offered in self-defense or for the defense of the defenseless, it is an act of bravery far better than cowardly submission. The latter befits neither man nor woman. Under violence, there are many stages and varieties of bravery. Every man must judge this for himself. No other person can or has the right.

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Men, Self, Judging

Harijan service is a duty the caste Hindus owe to themselves.

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Hinduism, Duty, Castes
Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.

Mahatma Gandhi
Life, Faith, Religion
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

Do you think I am superstitious? I am a super-atheist.

Mahatma Gandhi
Atheist, Thinking, Atheism

It is a heavy downpour of rain which drenches the soil to fullness; likewise only a profuse shower of love can overcome hatred.

Mahatma Gandhi
Love, Rain, Hatred
Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

Violent nationalism, otherwise known as imperialism, is a curse.

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Imperialism, Violent, Curse
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

There is a vital connection between satyagraha and charkha, and the more I find that belief challenged, the more I am confirmed in it.

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Connections, Belief, Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

There's enough on this planet for everyone's needs but not for everyone's greed.

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Power, Hunger And Poverty, Hunger Poverty

Human nature will find itself only when it fully realizes that to be human it has to cease to be beastly or brutal.

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Nature, Animal, Realizing
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Essential Gandhi: His Life, Work, and Ideas : an Anthology”, Vintage

You cannot build nonviolence on a factory civilization, but it can be built on self-contained villages.

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Self, Civilization, Village
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani (1970). “Modern V. Ancient Civilization”, Bombay : Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

True ahimsa should wear a smile even on a deathbed brought about by an assailant. It is only with that ahimsa that we can befriend our opponents and win their love.

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Winning, Opponents, Should
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: The voice of truth”

It is the acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancor left behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

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Friendship, Enemy, Tests

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

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Giving, Fundamentals, Compromise
Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”