Abstract truth has no value unless it incarnates in human beings who represent it, by proving their readiness to die for it.
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When anything assumes the strength of a creed, it becomes self-sustained and derives the needed support from within.Mohandas Gandhi
Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy.
Mohandas Gandhi
I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith. Work without faith is like an attempt to reach the bottom of a bottomless pit.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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