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"The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him a sense of peace and joy. The Buddha gave up the pleasures of life because they had become painful to him."
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"I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage."
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"Hinduism is a living organism. One and indivisible at the root, it has grown into a vast tree with innumerable branches. Knowledge is limitless and so also the application of truth. Everyday we add to our knowledge of the power of Atman (soul) and we shall keep on doing so."
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"Sacrifice that causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting."
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"Whilst I may not actually help anyone to retaliate, I must not let a coward seek shelter behind nonviolence so-called. Not knowing the stuff of which nonviolence is made, many have honestly believed that running away from danger every time was a virtue compared to offering resistance, especially when it was fraught with danger to one's life. As a teacher of nonviolence I must, so far as it is possible for me, guard against such an unmanly belief."
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"Old as I am in age, I have no feeling that I have ceased to grow inwardly or that my growth will stop at the dissolution of the flesh. What I am concerned with is my readiness to obey the call of Truth, my God, from moment to moment, no matter how inconsistent it may appear. My commitment is to Truth, not to consistency."
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"For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny pay thou back with gold; If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold. Thus the words and actions of the wise regard; Every little service tenfold they reward. But the truly noble know all men as one, And return with gladness good for evil done."
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"Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith."
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"Blind adoration, in the age of action, is perfectly valueless, is often embarrassing and, equally, often painful."
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"Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed anyway in their millions."
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"If one has no affection for a person or a system, one should feel free to give the fullest expression to his disaffection so long as he does not contemplate, promote, or incite violence."
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"Rationalists are admirable beings, rationalism is a hideous monster when it claims for itself omnipotence. Attribution of omnipotence to reason is as bad a piece of idolatry as is worship of stock and stone believing it to be God."
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"Do not crave to know the views of others, nor base your intent thereon. To think independently for yourself is a sign of fearlessness."
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"The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is."
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"Nonviolence does not admit of running away from danger... . Between violence and cowardly flight I can only prefer violence to cowardice."
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"For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion."
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"I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace."
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"Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint."
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"If you don't ask, you don't get it"
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