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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."
"He who gives up action falls. He who gives up the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result."
"Renunciation made for the sake of service is an ineffable joy of which none can deprive anyone, because that nectar springs from within and sustains life."
"Renunciation which is natural does not herald its coming by the blowing of trumpets. It comes in imperceptibly without letting anyone notice it."
"There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man"
"What is a man if he is not a thief who openly charges as much as he can for the goods he sells?"
"The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the strength of the spirit."
"Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship."
"Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his power is gone."
"I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel."
"There is a power now slumbering within us, which is awakened would do to evil what light does to darkness."
"Be the change you're trying to create"
"Without the study of Samskrit one cannot become a true Indian and a true learned man."
"Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method."
"Mortification of the flesh has been held all the world over as a condition of spiritual progress."
"Temples are like spiritual hospitals, and the sinful, who are spiritually diseased, have the first right to be ministered to by them."
"Spiritual instruments suffer in their potency when their use is taught through non-spiritual messages which are self-propagating."
"What is wanted is a deliberate giving up of violence out of strength."
"Non-violence should never be used as a shield for cowardice. It is a weapon for the brave."
"It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us."