"Generosity consists not the sum given, but the manner in which it is bestowed"
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"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."
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"When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible."
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"A true man of piety will consider himself a sinner and, therefore, untouchable."
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"It hurts me to think that people in their rush for everything modern despise all their ancient traditions and ignore them in their lives."
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"I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil."
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"True beauty lies in purity of the heart."
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"My faith runs so very much faster than my reason that I can challenge the whole world and say, 'God is, was and ever shall be'."
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"In nature there is a fundamental unity running through all the diversity we see about us. Religions are given to mankind so as to accelerate the process of realisation of fundamental unity."
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"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary."
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"Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation."
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"All your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be in vain, if at the same time you do not build your character, and attain mastery over your thoughts and actions."
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"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart."
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"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could."
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"I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next."
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"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."
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"Life is one indivisible whole."
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"I learnt from Hussein how to achieve victory while being oppressed."
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"All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take."
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"The Bhagavad-Gita calls on humanity to dedicate body, mind and soul to pure duty and not to become mental voluptuaries at the mercy of random desires and undisciplined impulses."
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