Civilization, in the real sense of the term, consists not in the multiplication, but in the deliberate and voluntary reduction of wants. This alone promotes real happiness and contentment, and increases the capacity of service.
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Rationalists are admirable beings, rationalism is a hideous monster when it claims for itself omnipotence. Attribution of omnipotence to reason is as bad a piece of idolatry as is worship of stock and stone believing it to be God.
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One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
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been more severely felt than today, especially in the context of India-Pakistan relations.
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What do I think of Western civilisation I think it would be a very good idea.
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No man could be actively nonviolent and not rise against social injustice, no matter where it occurred.
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