"Tolerance obviously does not disturb the distinction between right and wrong, or good and evil."
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"Even swadeshi, like any other good thing, can be ridden to death if it is made a fetish."
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"That prince is acceptable to me who becomes a prince among his people's servants."
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"The human body is meant solely for service, never for indulgence."
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"The platform of services is as big as the world. It is never overcrowded."
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"Voluntary service of others demands the best of which one is capable, and must take precedence over service of self."
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"I have described Swaraj as Ramarajya and Ramarajya is an impossibility unless we have thousands of Sitas."
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"Nothing in the Shastras, which is capable of being reasoned, can stand if it is in conflict with reason."
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"When you practice a life of non-violence you no longer need seek the truth, the truth finds you."
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"Complete independence through truth and non-violence means the independence of every unit, be it the humblest of the nation, without distinction of race, colour or creed."
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"Only this much I knew - that under ideal conditions, true education could be imparted only by the parents, and that then there should be the minimum of outside help."
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"Children inherit the qualities of the parents, no less than their physical features. Environment does play an important part, but the original capital on which a child starts in life is inherited from its ancestors. I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul."
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"And whilst he may not claim superiority by reason of learning, I myself must not withold that meed of homage that learning, wherever it resides, always commands."
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"If you Christians acted more like your Christ, the world would be a better place."
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"Means are ends in the making"
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"The Attainment of freedom, whether for a person, a nation or a world, must be in exact proportion to the attainment of nonviolence for each"
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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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"If I could wake all of the women of Asia, India could be won in a day."
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"It is wonderful, if we chose the right diet, what an extraordinarily small quantity would suffice."
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"Violent means will give violent freedom."
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