"Abstract truth has no value unless it..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
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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“Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.”
“The day a woman can walk freely on the roads at night, that day we can say that India has achieved independence”
“Schools and colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for the Government.”
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“When I see a spade, I call it a spade. I'm glad to say I have never seen a spade. The man who would call a spade a spade should be compelled to use it. It's the only thing he's fit for.”
“If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.”
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“I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.”
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