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" I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection. "

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" The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems. "

Mahatma Gandhi

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" I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following. "

" Poverty is the worst form of violence. "

" Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort. "

" I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force. "

" Sense perceptions can be and often are false and deceptive, however real they may appear to us. Where there is realization outside the senses, it is infallible. It is proved not by extraneous evidence but in the transformed conduct and character of those who have felt the real presence of God within. "

" It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh. "

" You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. "

" A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. "

" Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts. "

" All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take. "

" An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching. "

Mahatma Gandhi

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" Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness. "

" If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children. "

" It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. "

" Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment. "

" To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. "

" The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. "

" We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it. "

" Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. "

" Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her. "

" Action expresses priorities. "

" Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it. "

" Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. "

" You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind. "

Mahatma Gandhi

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" I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another. "

" Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone. "

" Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent. "

" Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. "

" Fear has its use but cowardice has none. "