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"Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
"Let your life be your message."
"Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny."
"Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day: - I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering."
"Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit."
"Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly."
"Hinduism dies if untouchability lives, and untouchability has to die if Hinduism is to live."
"It is a crime and a sin to regard a person as untouchable because he is born in a particular community."
"A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself."
"Sanitation is more important than Independence."
"It does not require money to be neat, clean and dignified."
"There is force in the universe, which, if we permit it, will flow through us and produce miraculous results."
"There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever."
"We cannot have real independence unless the people banish the touch-me-not spirit from their hearts."
"This earthly existence of ours is more brittle that the glass bangles that ladies wear."
"The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall see Truth in fragment and from different angles of vision."
"Nothing has saddened me so much in life as the hardness of heart of educated people."
"Hatred is not essential for nationalism. Race hatred will kill the real national spirit."
"Your action expresses your priorities."
"If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my personal affair. The state has nothing to do with it. The state would look after your secular welfare, health, communications, foreign relations, currency and so on, but not your or my religion. That is everybody's personal concern!"