"Happiness lies in your own hand"
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"The secret of a happy life lies in renunciation. Renunciation is life."
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"Non-cooperation is directed not against men but against measures. It is not directed against the Governors, but against the system they administer. The roots of non-cooperation lies not in hatred but in justice if not in love."
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"Man's happiness really lies in contentment."
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"The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head; that is intellect."
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"A satyagrahi turns the searchlight inward relentlessly to weed out all the defects that may be lying hidden there still."
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"My Hinduism teaches me to respect all religions. In this lies the secret of Ramarajya."
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"My quarrel with the advocates of contraceptives lies in their taking for granted that ordinary mortals cannot exercise self-control."
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"In man, reason quickens and guides feelings; in brute, the soul lies ever dormant."
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"Priorities lie in your actions"
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"The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence)."
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"The singular secret of khaddar lies in its saleability in the place of its production and use by the manufacturers themselves."
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"Virtue lies in being absorbed in one's prayers in the presence of din and noise."
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"The real test of nonviolence lies in its being brought in contact with those who have contempt for it."
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"The value of actions lies in their timing."
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"You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark, I should dance for joy. Even so, I cannot help feeling happy; happier than I have felt for a long time."
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"Is it not a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt for so small a thing? So small a thing! And I have seen it only for an instant in the house of Elrond! Could I not have a sight of it again?" Frodo looked up. His heart went suddenly cold. He caught the strange gleam in Boromir's eyes, yet his face was still kind and friendly. "It is best that it should lie hidden," he answered. "As you wish. I care not." said Boromir."
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"The doom lies in yourself, not in your name."
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"Then Morgoth stretching out his long arm towards Dor-lomin cursed Hurin and Morwen and their offspring, saying: 'Behold! The shadow of my thought shall lie upon them wherever they go, and my hate shall pursue them to the ends of the world."
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"Now when Túrin learnt from Finduilas of what had passed, he was wrathful, and he said to Gwindor: 'In love I hold you for your rescue and sake-keeping. But now you have done ill to me, friend, to betray my right name, and call my doom upon me, from which I would lie hid.' But Gwindor answered: 'The doom lies in yourself, not in your name."
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