"The Charkha is the symbol of nonviolence on which all life, if it is to be real life, must be based."
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"The Charkha is intended to realize the essential and living oneness of interest among India's myriads."
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"Charkha is an instrument of service."
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"To one who reads the spirit of the Gita, it teaches the secret of nonviolence, the secret of realizing self through the physical body."
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"I still somehow or other fancy that "my philosophy" represents the true meaning of the teaching of the Gita."
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"In the characteristics of the perfected man of the Gita, I do not see any to correspond to physical warfare."
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"Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way."
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"I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things."
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"Celebration of Independence Day with great pomp and show was quite appropriate when we were fighting for independence which we had neither seen nor handled. Now we have handled it and we seem to be disillusioned. At least - I am, even if you are not. What are we celebrating today? Surely, not our disillusionment."
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"Whatever one does cheerfully is good for health."
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"We want to go in for suffering, and there may be torture. If we put the women in front the Government may hesitate to inflict on us all the penalty that they might otherwise inflict."
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"Nature can provide for the needs of people; [she] can't provide for the greed of people."
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"Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures."
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"In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one."
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"Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion."
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"Character alone will have real effect on the masses."
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"True paurusha, true bravery, consists in driving out the brute in us."
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"Its unadulterated belief in the oneness of God and a practical application of the truth of the brotherhood of man for those who are nominally within its fold are two distinctive contributions of Islam."
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"In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices."
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"God the Compassionate and the Merciful, Tolerance incarnate, allows Mammon to have his nine days' wonder."
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