"Nonviolence to be a creed has to be all-pervasive."
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"Selfless action is a source of strength."
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"Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature."
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"The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right."
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"Man is born of woman, he is flesh of her flesh and bone of her bone."
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"Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him."
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"Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen."
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"It is easy enough to say, I do not believe in God. For God permits all things to be said of Him with impunity. he looks at our acts. And any breach of His Law carries with it, not its vindictive, but it purifying, compelling punishment."
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"Unless discipline is rooted in nonviolence, it might prove to be a source of infinite mischief."
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"The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy."
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"The very first step in nonviolence is that we cultivate in our daily life, as between ourselves, truthfulness, humility, tolerance, loving kindness."
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"We have no evidence whatsoever that the soul perishes with the body."
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"Human dignity demands courage to defend oneself."
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"What will tell in the end will be character and not a knowledge of letters."
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"Love and exclusive possession can never go together."
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"Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant."
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"Strength of numbers is the delight of the timid. The Valiant in spirit glory in fighting alone."
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"Persistent questioning and healthy inquisitiveness are the first requisite for acquiring learning of any kind."
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"God is conscience. He is even the atheism of the atheist."
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"A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have to strive to achieve it, and the striving should be conscious, deliberate and hard."
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