Mahatma Gandhi — Philosophical Quotes

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Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

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Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

Philosophical

“A genuine satyagraha should never excite contempt in the opponent even when it fails to command regard or respect.”

Should Failing Opponents

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Mahatma Gandhi

Political Leader

Philosophical

“Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.”

Peace Comfort Moral Growth

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Philosophical

“Unlike the animal, God has given man the faculty of reason.”

Men Animal Reason

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Philosophical

“A weak man is just by accident. A strong but non-violent man is unjust by accident.”

Men Integrity

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Philosophical

“A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.”

People Character

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Philosophical

“I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.”

Love Evil Learning

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Philosophical

“The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.”

Inspirational Peace Thoughtful

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Philosophical

“Passive resistance seeks to rejoin politics and religion and to test all our actions in the light of ethical principles.”

Light Ethical Principles Passive Resistance

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Philosophical

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

Struggle Effort Moral Growth

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Philosophical

“A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.”

Religious Passion Taken

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Philosophical

“Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state.”

Life Spiritual Death

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Philosophical

“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.”

Inspirational Spiritual God

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