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An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.

An ideal sanctified by the sacrifices of such master spirits as Lenin cannot go in vain, the noble example of their renunciation will be emblazoned for ever and quicken and purify the ideal as time passes.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, Example, Noble
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.97, Oxford University Press

The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him.

Mahatma Gandhi
Real, Sacrifice, Giving
Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “The Problem of Education”

The willing sacrifice of the innocents is the most powerful retort to insolent tyranny that has yet to be conceived by God or man.

Mahatma Gandhi
Powerful, Sacrifice, Men

The world is touched by sacrifice. It does not then discriminate about the merits of a cause. No so God - He is all seeing. He insists on the purity of the cause and on adequate sacrifice thereof.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, Religion, Doe

There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit, to soothe the distracted student's mind, to spiritualize his life.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, Mind, Spinning
Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

I care so deeply about this matter that I'm willing to take on the legal penalties, to sit in this prison cell, to sacrifice my freedom, in order to show you how deeply I care. Because when you see the depth of my concern, and how civil I am in going about this, you're bound to change your mind about me, to abandon your rigid, unjust position, and to let me help you see the truth of my cause.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, Cells, Order

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. . . . . . . Prayer is the first and the last lesson in learning the noble and brave art of sacrificing self in the various walks of life culminating in the defence of one's nation's liberty and honour.

Mahatma Gandhi
Art, Prayer, Sacrifice

Woman, I hold, is the personification of self-sacrifice, but unfortunately today she does not realize what a tremendous advantage she has over man. As Tolstoy used to say, they are laboring under the hypnotic influence of man. If they would realize the strength of non-violence they would not consent to be called the weaker sex.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sex, Women, Sacrifice
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: The voice of truth”

I would far rather that India perished than that she won Her freedom at the sacrifice of truth.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, India
Gandhi (Mahatma) (1960). “Wit and wisdom of Mahatma Gandhi”

A nation that is capable of limitless sacrifice is capable of rising to limitless heights. The purer the sacrifice the quicker the progress.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, Progress, Rising
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.90, Courier Corporation

Woman is the embodiment of sacrifice and suffering and her advent to public life should, therefore, result in purifying it, in restraining unbridled ambition and accumulation of property.

Mahatma Gandhi
Women, Ambition, Sacrifice
Mahatma Gandhi, Judith M. Brown (2008). “The Essential Writings”, p.229, Oxford University Press

Non-cooperation is a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for the opposite views.

Mahatma Gandhi
Respect, Sacrifice, Views
Mahatma Gandhi (1984). “The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words”

I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.

Mahatma Gandhi
Truth, Sacrifice, Giving
Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.63, A&C Black

The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.

Mahatma Gandhi
Cat, Sacrifice, Animal
Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.90, Courier Corporation

My Swaraj will be not be a result of murder of others but a voluntary act of continuous self-sacrifice.

Mahatma Gandhi
Sacrifice, Self, Murder
Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works”