"I hold that without truth and nonviolence there can be nothing but destruction of humanity."
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"Truth is the first thing to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you."
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"My experience teaches me that truth can never be propagated by doing violence."
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"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within me. And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one, I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a hopeless minority."
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"Your character must be above suspicion and you must be truthful and self-controlled."
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"He who trifles with truth cuts at the root of Ahimsa [non-violence]. He who is angry is guilty of Himsa."
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"The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth."
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"Silence is a great help to a seeker after truth like myself."
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"Let hundreds like me perish, but let truth triumph."
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"I will say that if there is anything like God Or Truth on earth, Hindu-Muslim unity is also possible."
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"The highest truth needs no communicating, for it is by its very nature self-propelling. It radiates its influence silently as the rose its fragrance without the intervention of a medium."
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"A successful search for truth means complete deliverance from the dual throng, such as of love and hate, happiness and misery."
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"Where there is truth, there also is knowledge which is true."
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"One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth."
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"There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good."
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"Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place."
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"A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth."
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"I believe in what Max Muller said years ago, namely, that truth needed to be repeated as long as there were men who disbelieved it."
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"In the dictionary of the seeker of truth there is no such thing as being "not successful." He is or should be an irrepressible optimist because of his immovable faith in the ultimate victory of Truth, which is God."
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"Truth is superior to man s wisdom."
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