"A person unbound by vows can never be absolutely relied upon."
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"All sins are committed in secrecy. The moment we realize that God witnesses even our thoughts, we shall be free."
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"My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little."
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"The scriptures of Christians, Mussalmans and Hindus are all replete with the teaching of ahimsa."
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"Man must choose either of the two courses, the upward or the downward; but as he has the brute in him, he will more easily choose the downward course than the upward, especially when the downward course is presented to him in a beautiful garb. Man easily capitulates when sin is presented in the garb of virtue."
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"Religion of our conception, thus imperfect, is always subject to a process of evolution and re-interpretation."
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"I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others."
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"God is the hardest taskmaster I have known on this earth, and he tries you through and through. And when you find that your faith is failing or your body is failing you, and you are sinking, he comes to your assistance somehow or other and proves to you that you must not lose your faith and that he is always at your beck and call, but on his terms, not on your terms. So I have found. I cannot really recall a single instance when, at the eleventh hour, he has forsaken me."
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"Islam stands for the unity and brotherhood of mankind, and not for disrupting the oneness of the human family."
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"There is no greater spellbinder of peace than the name of God."
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"The measure of a country's greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations."
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"The quest of Truth involves tapas-self-suffering-sometimes even unto death."
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"We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength."
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"... man was not born a carnivorous animal, but born to live on the fruits and herbs that the earth grows. I know we must all err. I would give up milk if I could, but I cannot. I have made that experiment times without number. I could not, after a serious illness, regain my strength, unless I went back to milk. That has been the tragedy of my life. But the basis of my vegetarianism is not physical, but moral. If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef tea or mutton, even on medical advice, I would prefer death. That is the basis of my vegetarianism."
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"If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty."
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"It is the absolute right of India to misgovern herself."
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"My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines."
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"As soon as we become one with the ocean in the shape of God, there is no more rest for us, nor indeed do we need rest any longer."
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"In the very act of my non-co-operation, I am seeking their co-operation in my campaign."
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"Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands."
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