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Religion is never opposed to economics, but is always ranged against profits.
-Gandhi, Ashram Observances in Action
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There is not a single virtue that aims at, or is content with, the welfare of the individual alone. Conversely, there is not a single offense which does not, directly or indirectly, affect many others besides the actual offender.
-Gandhi, Ethical Religion
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Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.
-Gandhi, January 18, 1922
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To have a conviction that there is violence or sin in a certain course of conduct is one thing; to have the power of acting up to such a conviction is quite another.
-Gandhi, Satyagraha in South Africa
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When there is no desire for fruit, there is also no temptation for untruth or himsa.
-Gandhi, Mahatma, Vol. 2
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We must therefore purge ourselves of hatred.
-Gandhi, Quit India speech, August 9, 1942
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I may tell you that I am constantly evolving, and the application of my principles is ever widening.
-Gandhi, Mahatma, Vol. 4
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Science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. Science of nonviolence alone can lead one to pure democracy.
-Gandhi, October 15, 1938
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Khadi has been conceived as the foundation and image of ahimsa. A real khadi wearer will not utter an untruth. A real khadi wearer will harbor no violence, no deceit, no impurity.
-Gandhi, Mahatma, Vol. 4
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It must be taken for granted that when civil disobedience has started, my arrest is a certainty. It is therefore necessary to consider what should be done when the event takes place.
-Gandhi, Young India, February 27, 1930
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Nonviolence Daily is a thought-for-the-day from Gandhi with a short and inspiring commentary from Professor Michael Nagler from the Metta Center for Nonviolence.