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At Times Of Writing I Never Think What I Have Said Before. My Aim Is Not To Be Consistent With My Previous Statements On A Given Question, But To Be Consistent With Truth As It May Present Itself To Me At A Given Moment. The Result Has Been That I Have Grown From Truth To Truth.

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Mahatma Gandhi

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At Times Of Writing I Never Think What I Have Said Before. My Aim Is Not To Be Consistent With My Previous Statements On A Given Question, But To Be Consistent With Truth As It May Present Itself To Me At A Given Moment. The Result Has Been That I Have Grown From Truth To Truth.

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My Heart Rebels Against Any Foreigner Imposing On My Country The Peace Which Is Here Called Pax-britannica.

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Animal Experimentation Is The Blackest Of All The Black Crimes That A Man Is At Present Committing... We Should Be Able To Refuse To Live If The Price Of Living Be The Torture Of Sentient Beings... I Abhor [animal] Experimentation With My Whole Soul. All The Scientific Discoveries Stained With Innocent Blood I Count As Of No Consequence... The Greatness Of A Nation And Its Moral Progress Can Be Judged By The Way Its Animals Are Treated.

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If I Had No Sense Of Humor I Should Long Ago Have Committed Suicide.

What I Call The Law Of Satyagraha Is To Be Deduced From An Appreciation Of Duties And Rights Flowing Therefrom.

All The Religions Of The World Describe God Pre-eminently As The Friend Of The Friendless, Help Of The Helpless, And Protector Of The Weak.

I Learnt The Lesson On Nonviolence From My Wife, When I Tried To Bend Her To My Will. Her Determined Resistance To My Will On The One Hand, And Her Quiet Submission To The Suffering My Stupidity Involved On The Other, Ultimately Made Me Ashamed Of Myself And Cured Me Of My Stupidity In Thinking That I Was Born To Rule Over Her.

If Swaraj Is To Be Had By Peaceful Methods, It Will Only Be Attained By Attention To Every Little Detail Of National Life.

Nobody In This World Possesses Absolute Truth. This Is God's Attribute Alone. Relative Truth Is All We Know. Therefore, We Can Only Follow The Truth As We See It. Such Pursuit Of Truth Cannot Lead Anyone Astray.

Mr. Gandhi, You Have Been Working Fifteen Hours A Day For Fifty Years. Don't You Think You Should Take A Vacation?" Gandhi Smiled And Replied, "i Am Always On Vacation.

It Is The Reformer Who Is Anxious For The Reform, And Not Society, From Which He Should Expect Nothing Better Than Opposition, Abhorrence And Even Mortal Persecution.

Nonviolence Is The Law Of Our Species As Violence Is The Law Of The Brute. The Spirit Lies Dormant In The Brute, And He Knows No Law But That Of Physical Might. The Dignity Of Man Requires Obedience To A Higher Laws - To The Strength Of The Spirit.

I Know Of No Religion Or Sect That Has Done Or Is Doing Without A House Of God, Variously Described As A Temple, A Mosque, A Church, A Synagogue Or Agiary.

This Campaign Of Non-cooperation Has No Reference To Diplomacy, Secret Or Open. The Only Diplomacy It Admits Of Is The Statement And Pursuance Of Truth At Any Cost.

The Law Of Love Could Be Best Understood And Learned Through Little Children.

A Satyagrahi Turns The Searchlight Inward Relentlessly To Weed Out All The Defects That May Be Lying Hidden There Still.

I Am Not Anti-english, I Am Not Anti-british, I Am Not Anti-any Government, But I Am Anti-untruth, Anti-humbug And Anti-injustice.

I Have Even Seen The Writings Suggesting That I Am Playing A Deep Game, That I Am Using The Present Turmoil To Foist My Fads On India, And Am Making Religious Experiments At India's Expense. I Can Only Answer That Satyagraha Is Made Of Sterner Stuff. There Is Nothing Reserved And Nothing Secret In It.

Truth Is What The Voice Within Tells You.

Waiting On God Means Increasing Purity.

How Do You Know If The Next Act You Are About To Do Is The Right One Or The Wrong One? Consider The Face Of The Poorest And Most Vulnerable Human Being That You Have Ever Chanced Upon, And Ask Yourself If The Act That You Contemplate Will Be Of Benefit To That Person; And If It Will Be, It's The Right Thing To Do, And If Not, Rethink It.

I Have Been Repeating Over And Over Again That He Who Cannot Protect Himself Or His Nearest And Dearest Or Their Honour By Non-violently Facing Death May And Ought To Do So By Violently Dealing With The Oppressor. He Who Can Do Neither Of The Two Is A Burden. He Has No Business To Be The Head Of A Family. He Must Either Hide Himself, Or Must Rest Content To Live For Ever In Helplessness And Be Prepared To Crawl Like A Worm At The Bidding Of A Bully.

Human Beings, Who Are Almost Unique In Having The Ability To Learn From The Experience Of Others, Are Also Remarkable For Their Apparent Disinclination To Do So. 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.

Hindus, If They Want Unity Among Different Races, Must Have The Courage To Trust The Minorities.

There Is No Such Thing As ‘too Insane’ Unless Others Turn Up Dead Due To Your Actions.

My Greatest Weapon Is Mute Prayer.

Recall The Face Of The Poorest And Weakest Man You Have Seen, And Ask Yourself If This Step You Contemplate Is Going To Be Any Use To Him.

Where There Is Fear There Is No Religion.

If You Will Express The Requisite Purity Of Character In Action, You Cannot Do It Better Than Through The Spinning Wheel.

If You Want Something Done, Ask. If You Want Something Done Quickly, Ask, And Then Begin Counting Down From Ten With No Explanation.

Mother Cow Expects From Us Nothing But Grass And Grain.

Self-suppression Is Often Necessary In The Interest Of Truth And Nonviolence.

Old As I Am In Age, I Have No Feeling That I Have Ceased To Grow Inwardly Or That My Growth Will Stop At The Dissolution Of The Flesh. What I Am Concerned With Is My Readiness To Obey The Call Of Truth, My God, From Moment To Moment, No Matter How Inconsistent It May Appear. My Commitment Is To Truth, Not To Consistency.

Wildlife Is Decreasing In The Jungles, But It Is Increasing In The Towns.

A Swaraj Government Means A Government Established By The Free Joint Will Of Hindus, Mussalmans And Others.

My Faith In Non-co-operation Is As Bright As Ever.

I Came Alone In This World, I Have Walked Alone In The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death, And I Shall Quit Alone When The Time Comes.

Crime And Vice Generally Require Darkness For Prowling. They Disappear When Light Plays Upon Them.

Don't Talk About It. The Rose Doesn't Have To Propagate Its Perfume. It Just Gives It Forth, And People Are Drawn To It. Live It, And People Will Come To See The Source Of Your Power.

There Is No God Higher Than Truth.

Cowardice Is Not A Sign Of Belief In God.

If We All Discharge Our Duties, Rights Will Not Be Far To Seek.

The Truest Test Of A Democracy Is In The Ability Of Anyone To Act As He Likes, So Long As He Does Not Injure The Life Or Property Of Anyone Else.

Illness Or Disease Is Only Nature's Warning That Filth Has Accumulated In Some Portion Or Other Of The Body; And It Would Surely Be The Part Of Wisdom To Allow Nature To Remove The Filth, Instead Of Covering It Up With The Help Of Medicines.

No Power On Earth Can Resist The Lovers Of Liberty Who Are Ready Not To Kill Opponents, But Be Killed By Them.

I Would Far Rather That Hinduism Died Than That Untouchability Lived.

Non-cooperatio N With Evil Is A Sacred Duty.

It Amazes Me To Find An Intelligent Person Who Fights Against Something Which He Does Not At All Believe Exists.

If There Is Violence, It Will Certainly Be Crushed Because Violence Can Only End In A Disgraceful Rout.

I Believe In Conversion Of Mankind, Not Its Destruction.

Prayer Is A Confession Of One's Own Unworthiness And Weakness.

My Shyness Has Been In Reality My Shield And Buckler. It Has Allowed Me To Grow. It Has Helped Me In My Discernment Of Truth.

A Clear Victory Of Satyagraha Is Impossible So Long As There Is Ill Will.

A Vow Imparts Stability, Ballast And Firmness To One's Character.

Labour, Because It Chose To Remain Unintelligent, Either Became Subservient, Or Insolently Believed In Damaging The Capitalists' Goods And Machinery Or Even In Killing The Capitalists.

We Dare Not Enter The Kingdom Of Liberty With Mere Life-homage To Truth And Nonviolence.

A Coward Is Less Than A Man. He Does Not Deserve To Be A Member Of A Society Of Men And Women

God Is, Even Though The Whole World Deny Him. Truth Stands, Even If There Be No Public Support. It Is Self-sustained.

Woman Is The Embodiment Of Sacrifice And Suffering And Her Advent To Public Life Should, Therefore, Result In Purifying It, In Restraining Unbridled Ambition And Accumulation Of Property.

Begin With Duties Of A Man And Rights Will Follow As Spring Follows Winter

Truth Stands For The Fact, Nonviolence Negates The Fact.

All Religions Are Branches Of The Same Mighty Tree, But I Must Not Change Over From One Branch To Another For The Sake Of Expediency.

However Virile The English Language May Be, It Can Never Become The Language Of The Masses Of India.

All The Dry Ethics Of The World Turn To Dust Because Apart From God They Are Lifeless.

The Art Of Dying Bravely And With Honour Does Not Need Any Special Training, Save A Living Faith In God.

Anything That Exists Is Possible.

Work For Swaraj Fails To Appeal To Us Because We Have No Music In Us.

Touch-me-notism That Disfigures The Present Day Hinduism Is A Morbid Growth.

It Is No Religion To Have For One's Wife A Girl Who Is Fit Only To Sit In One's Lap, It Is The Height Of Irreligion.

The Art That Is In The Machine-made Article, Appeals Only To The Eye; The Art In Khadi Appeals First To The Heart And Then To The Eye.

Democracy Necessarily Means A Conflict Of Will And Ideas, Involving Sometimes A War Of The Knife Between Different Ideas.

Khadi Has Been Conceived As The Foundation And The Image Of Ahimsa. A Real Khadi-wearer Will Not Utter An Untruth. A Real Khadi-wearer Will Harbour No Violence, No Deceit, No Impurity.

Nonviolence Abhors Fear And Therefore, Secrecy.

All Of Us With One Voice Call One God Differently As Parmatma, Ishwara, Shiva, Vishnu, Rama, Allah, Khuda, Dada-hormuzda, Jehova, God And An Infinite Variety Of Names.

The Satyagrahi Should Not Have Any Hatred In His Heart Against The Opponent.

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