"What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule."
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"Tolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil."
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"As a splendid palace deserted by its inmates looks like a ruin, so does a man without character, all his material belongings notwithstanding."
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"Satyagraha does not depend on outside help, it derives all its strength from within."
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"Khadi will cease to have any value in my eyes if it does not usefully employ the millions."
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"If we remain nonviolent, hatred will die as everything does from disuse."
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"A man who broods on evil is as bad a man who does evil, if he is no worse."
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"Nonviolence or soul force does not need physical aids for its propagation of effect."
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"Swaraj as conceived by me does not mean the end of kingship."
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"Swaraj does not depend on jail going. If it did, there are thousands of prisoners in jail today. It depends on everyone doing his or her own task."
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"Because no one sees the truth does not make it untrue."
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"There are subjects where reason cannot take us far and we have to accept things on faith. Faith then does not contradict reason but transcends it. Faith is a kind of sixth sense which works in cases which are without the purview of reason."
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"Himsa does not need to be taught, Man as animal is violent, but as spirit is nonviolent."
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"He does not struggle with anyone - thus no one can vanquish him."
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"Only he who does not seek to be ahead of others is capable of living in harmony with everyone."
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"Water does not force its way."
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"A violent wind does not last for a whole morning."
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"Water benefits the ten thousand things and does not oppose them."
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"Nature does not have to insist."
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"He does not seek glory - yet people respect him."
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