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" Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality. "

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" My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray. "

" 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. "

" Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy. "

" God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party. "

" First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. "

" In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. "

" Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education. "

" An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. "

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" In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place. "

" Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners. "

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

" Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes blind it dies. "

" One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's. "

" There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. "

" I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people. "

" If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm. "

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" That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake. "

" Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. "

" I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality. "