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If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.
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What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
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Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.
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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
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It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
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Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.
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Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.
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Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.
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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal.
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I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.
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The good man is the friend of all living things.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary the evil it does is permanent.
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A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.