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"In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of."
"Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events.""
"Whatever can be useful to those starving millions is beautiful to my mind."
"Art to be art must soothe."
"A semi-starved nation can have neither religion nor art nor organization."
"Painters and poets are obliged to exaggerate the proportions of their figures in order to give true perspective."
"Is not education the art of drawing out full manhood of the children under training?"
"Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for non-violence. Violence does not mean the emancipation from fear, but discovering the means of combating the cause of fear. Nonviolence, on the other hand, has no cause for fear. The votary of nonviolence has to cultivate the capacity for sacrifice of the highest type in order to be free from fear. He recks not if he should lose his land, his wealth, his life."
"The art of dying bravely and with honour does not need any special training, save a living faith in God."
"Religion is not what you will get after reading all the scriptures of the world. It is not really what is grasped by the grain. It is a heart grasp."
"Life is greater than all art."
"Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying in the training for nonviolence."
"All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self."
"I would like to assure those who would serve Daridranarayana that there is music, art, economy and joy in the spinning wheel."
"The art of producing good music from a cultivated voice can be achieved by many, but the art of producing that music from the harmony of a pure life is achieved very rarely."
"Why should I need an artist to explain a work of art to me? Why should it not speak out to me itself?"
"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."
"The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying."
"The art that is in the machine-made article, appeals only to the eye; the art in Khadi appeals first to the heart and then to the eye."