"A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline."
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"A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline."
"Men aspiring to be free can hardly think of enslaving others."
"The man of prayer will be at peace with himself and with the whole world."
"Of what avail is my love if it be only so long as I trust my friend?"
"My love of nationalism is that my country may become free, and if need be, the whole of the country die, so that the human race may live."
"Love can never express itself by imposing sufferings on others. It can only express itself by self-suffering, by self-purification."
"If I were over full of pity for the cow, I should sacrifice my life to save her but not take my brother's."
"The Enlightened one has told you in never-to-be-forgotten words that this little span of life is but a passing shadow, a fleeting thing."
"A true life lived amongst the people is in itself an object-lesson that must produce its own effect upon immediate surroundings."
"Life is greater than all art."
"A life without vows is like a ship without an anchor or like an edifice that is built on sand instead of a solid rock."
"Mere mental, that is, intellectual labour, is for the soul and has its own satisfaction."
"A scavenger who works in His service shares equal distinction with a king who uses his gifts in His name and is a mere trustee."
"A labourer cannot sit at the table and write, but a man who has worked at the table all his life can certainly take to physical labour."
"I do not regard capital to be the enemy of labour."
"Labour has its unique place in a cultured human family."
"The only real and reliable guarantee for khadi would be honesty, truthfulness and sincerity of khadi workers."
"The message of khaddar can penetrate to the remotest villages if we only will that it shall be so."
"Khadi work without the mastery of the science of khadi will be love's labour lost in terms of Swaraj."
"Organization of khaddar is infinitely better than co-operative societies or any other form of village organization."