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Truth Is Like A Vast Tree Which Yields More And More Fruit The More You Nurture It. The Deeper The Search In The Mind Of Truth, The Richer The Discovery Of The Gems Buried There.

-Mahatma Gandhi

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Truth Is Like A Vast Tree Which Yields More And More Fruit The More You Nurture It. The Deeper The Search In The Mind Of Truth, The Richer The Discovery Of The Gems Buried There.

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My Soul Refuses To Be Satisfied So Long As It Is A Helpless Witness Of A Single Wrong Or A Single Misery.

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Action Is No Less Necessary Than Thought To The Instinctive Tendencies Of The Human Frame.

God Will Cease To Be God, If He Brought Into Being A Single Person With The Hall-mark Of Inferiority.

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Breach Of Promise Is No Less An Act Of Insolvency Than A Refusal To Pay One's Debt.

To Die Without Killing Is The Badge Of A Satyagrahi.

For India To Enter Into The Race For Armaments Is To Court Suicide.

Leo Tolstoy's Life Has Been Devoted To Replacing The Method Of Violence For Removing Tyranny Or Securing Reform By The Method Of Nonresistance To Evil. He Would Meet Hatred Expressed In Violence By Love Expressed In Selfsuffering.

Steam Becomes A Mighty Power Only When It Allows Itself To Be Imprisoned In A Strong Little Reservoir, Produces Tremendous Motion And Carries Huge Weights By Permitting Itself A Tiny And Measured Outlet.

The Strength To Kill Is Not Essential For Self-defence; One Ought To Have The Strength To Die.

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Violence Is The Weapon Of Weak, Non-violence That Of The Strong.

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A Democratic Organization Has To Dare To Do The Right At All Costs.

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A Satyagrahi Must Ceaselessly Strive To Realize And Live Truth. And He Must Never Contemplate Hurting Anyone By Thought, Word Or Deed.

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Do Not Crave To Know The Views Of Others, Nor Base Your Intent Thereon. To Think Independently For Yourself Is A Sign Of Fearlessness.

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Life Becomes Livable Only To The Extent That Death Is Treated As A Friend, Never As An Enemy.

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