“Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.”
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Mahatma Gandhi
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More from Mahatma Gandhi
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
“Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.”
“Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical. Physical relationship divorced from spiritual is body without soul.”
“A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.”
“Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.”
“One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.”
“Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.”
“It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.”
“When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.”
“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.”
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.”
“All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.”
“Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”
“I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.”
“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
“Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.”
“The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.”
“Morality is contraband in war.”
“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”