"A satyagrahi lays down his life, but..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
A satyagrahi lays down his life, but never gives up. That is the meaning of the 'do or die' slogan.
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“A satyagrahi may not ride two horses, truth and untruth, at the same time, nor, to change the metaphor, trim his sail to catch every breeze as you do in the name of communism.”
“Even as satyagraha is a weapon unique of its kind and not one of the ordinary weapons used by people, so is Khadi, a unique article of commerce which will not, cannot, succeed on terms common to other articles.”
“Seeming failure is not of the law of satyagrahabut of incompetence of the satyagrahi by whatever cause induced.”
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“The necessity for struggle is one of the clever devices through which nature forces individuals to expand, develop, progress, and become strong through resistance. . .We are forced to recognize that this great universal necessity for struggle must have a definite and useful purpose. That purpose is to force the individual to sharpen his wits, arouse his enthusiasm, build up his spirit of faith, gain definiteness of purpose, develop his power of will, and inspire his faculty of imagination to give him new uses for old ideas and concepts. . .”
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“The real glory is being knocked to your knees and then coming back. That's real glory. That's the essence of it.”