"It is simple impertinence for any man, or any body of men, to begin, or to contemplate, reform of the whole world."
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"If one takes care of the means, the end will take care of itself."
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"There are as many different religions as there are individuals."
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"Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive."
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"I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room."
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"I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I am invincible."
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"Where there is fear there is no religion."
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"The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species. Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?"
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"The use of soul-force for turning stones into bread would have been considered, as it is still considered, as black magic."
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"Soul-force comes only through God's grace and never descends upon a man who is a slave to lust."
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"The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles."
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"For thousands to do to death a few hundreds is no bravery. It is worse than cowardice. It is unworthy of nationalism, of any religion."
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"To me Truth is God and there is no way to find Truth except the way of nonviolence."
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"God resides in every human form, indeed in every particle of His creations, in everything that is on his earth."
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"God is not in Kaaba or in Kashi. He is within everyone of us."
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"Education without courage is like a wax statue - beautiful to look at but bound to melt at the first touch of a hot stuff."
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"I am a passionate seeker after truth which is but another name for God."
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"As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality."
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"Hatred is never overcome by hatred but by love."
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"Truth triumphs, even if there be no public support."
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