"A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength."
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"What is imprisonment to the man who is fearless of death itself?"
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"Sympathy is what you have for someone after they die, pity you have for someone when they don't have a date to the biggest dance of the year. Empathy is what I do to you when you judge me. Envy is having pity on yourself. Can you discern the rest for yourself?"
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"It was not as easy to commit suicide as to contemplate it."
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"I claim to be no more than an average man with below average capabilities."
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"The true battlefield is within."
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"I have recognized that the nation has the right, if it so wills, to vindicate her freedom even by actual violence."
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"Perfection is the exclusive attribute of God, and it is indescribable, untranslatable. I do believe that it is possible for human beings to become perfect, even as God is perfect. It is necessary for all of us to aspire after that perfection but when that blessed state is attained, it become indescribable, indefinable."
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"The spirit of non-violence necessarily leads to humility. Non-violence means reliance on God, the rock of ages. If we would seek his aid, we must approach Him with a humble and contrite heart."
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"Real suffering bravely borne, melts even a heart of stone. Such is the potency of suffering. And there lies the key to Satyagraha."
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"I know that I have still before me a difficult path to traverse. I must reduce myself to zero. So long as a man does not of his own free will put himself last among his fellow creatures, there is no salvation for him. Ahimsa is the farthest limit of humility."
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"All the dry ethics of the world turn to dust because apart from God they are lifeless."
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"Purification is never for the selfishly idle, it accrues only to the selflessly industrious."
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"Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-violent structure of society."
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"Nonviolence is an active force of the highest order. It is soul force or the power of the godhead within us."
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"Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death."
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"The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother."
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"Surely conversion is a matter between man and his Maker who alone knows his creatures' hearts. A conversion without a clean heart is, in my opinion, a denial of God and Religion. Conversion without cleanliness of heart can only be a matter of sorrow, not joy, to a godly person."
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"A heart-felt prayer is not recitation with the lips. It is a yearning from within which expresses itself in every word, every act, nay every thought of people."
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"My austerities, fasting and prayers are, I know, of no value if I rely upon them for reforming me. My penance is the prayer of a bleeding heart for forgiveness for sins unwittingly committed."
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