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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Self

"Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?"

Men Self Destiny
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Self

"Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. Without interrelation with society he cannot realize his oneness with the universe or suppress his egotism. His social interdependence enables him to test his faith and to prove himself on the touchstone of reality."

Men Self Reality
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Self

"Nanda broke down every barrier and won his way to freedom not by brag, not by bluster, but by the purest form of self-suffering."

Way Self Suffering
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Self

"My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty."

Men Self Liberty
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Mahatma Gandhi Political Leader
Self

"The satyagrahi general has to obey his inner voice, for over and above the situation outside he examines himself constantly and listens to the dictates of the inner self."

Self Voice Satyagraha
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Laozi Philosopher
Self

"Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven."

Inspirational Self Love You
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Laozi Philosopher
Self

"Fame of self: Which matters more? Self or wealth: Which is more precious? Gain or loss: Which is more painful?"

Self Loss Balance
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Laozi Philosopher
Self

"One's own self or material goods, which has more worth? Loss (of self) or possession (of goods), which is the greater evil? He who loves most, spends most, He who hoards much loses much"

Self Loss Uplifting
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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist
Self

"Walk through life eager and open to self-improvemen t and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why we're here - to evolve as human beings."

Self Helping Evolve
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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist
Self

"I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier."

Self Inspiration Leadership
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Nate Parker Actor, Director, Producer
Self

"If a person was accused of being a racist when he was young - he said some racially insensitive thing or someone had him on tape calling someone the n-word or whatever - and then you fast forward and he feels, Oh, back then I didn't say this or that. He's not thinking about the person that he hurt when he said what he said, or however it came out, or the effects that it could have had. He's not thinking about it. He's thinking about his own self and how he feels."

Thinking Self Hurt
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Self

"God...my self in the Bronx always says that God has a funny sense of humor. ..He has a way of treating things, he deals with each individual soul delicately, tenderly, compassionately but he deals with groups of people [country] according to certain laws and he always observes those laws and that means the innocent are punished with the evil."

Mean Country Self
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Malcolm X Civil Rights Activist, Minister
Self

"Muhammad teaches us the knowledge of our own selves, and of our own people. He cleans us up-morally, mentally and spiritually"

People Self Moral
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Karl Marx Philosopher, Economist
Self

"The individual produces an object and, by consuming it, returns to himself, but returns as a productive and self reproducing individual. Consumption thus appears as a moment of production."

Self Moments Return
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