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"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. There is nothing more potent than thought. Deed follows word and word follows thought. The word is the result of a mighty thought, and where the thought is mighty and pure the result is always mighty and pure."
"I should love to satisfy all, if I possibly can; but in trying to satisfy all, I may be able to satisfy none. I have, therefore, arrived at the conclusion that the best course is to satisfy one’s own conscience and leave the world to form its own judgment, favorable or otherwise."
"No effort is complete without prayer - without definite recognition that the best human endeavor is of no effect if it has not God's blessing behind it."
"The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities."
"The spinning wheel is a symbol of nonviolence for me."
"It is not a mistake to commit a mistake, for no one commits a mistake knowing it to be one. But it is a mistake not to correct the mistake after knowing it to be one. If you are afraid of committing a mistake, you are afraid of doing anything at all. You will correct your mistakes whenever you find them."
"Bravery is not a quality of the body. It is of the soul."
"The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is. We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock-exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable the student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to earn; so why should they be educated? As long as such ideas persist there is no hope of our ever knowing the true value of education."
"Ahimsa and love are one and the same thing."
"Change occurs when deeply felt private experiences are given public legitimacy."
"War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface."
"My dictionary has no such expression as a violent fight."
"To have a happy ending, choose a happy moment and call it 'the ending'. Honesty is incompatible with the amassing of a large fortune."
"To double your successes, you might have to double your failure rate."
"Deeds and seeds, take their own time to fructify."
"When a man gives way to anger, he only harms himself."
"Happiness eludes us if we run after it."
"Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom."
"The way of mutual strife and exclusiveness is the only way to perdition and slavery."
"Execution of the constructive programme in its entirety means more than Swaraj. It means Ram Raj, Khudai Sultanat or the Divine Kingdom."