Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Culture
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A non-violent revolution is not a program of seizure of power. It is a program of transformation of relationships, ending in a peaceful transfer of power.
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The ideal is a synthesis of the different cultures that have come to stay in India, that have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil.
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The truest test of civilization, culture and dignity is character and not clothing.
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Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
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India has the right, if she only knew, of becoming the predominant partner by reason of her numbers, geographical position and culture inherited for ages.
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I do not want my house to be rounded by walls and my windows to be closed to other cultures. I wish to become familiar with the culture of lands as much as possible but I will not permit them to affect me or shake me from my own status.
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A country whose culture is based on nonviolence will find it necessary to have every home as much self-contained as possible.
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Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
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My whole soul rebels against the idea that Hinduism and Islam represent two antagonistic cultures and doctrines.
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I do not wish my house to be walled and my windows stuffed. I want all cultures to blow freely through my dwelling.
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No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.
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The most distinctive and largest contribution of Hinduism to India's culture is the doctrine of ahimsa.
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We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.
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I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the culture of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any
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I claim to represent all the cultures, for my religion, whatever it may be called, demands the fulfillment of all the cultures.
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My religion forbids me to belittle or disregard other cultures, as it insists, under pain of civil suicide, upon imbibing and living my own.
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A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.
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Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
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In the case of the Indian villager, an age-old culture is hidden under entrustment of crudeness.
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Mahatma Gandhi
- Born: October 2, 1869
- Died: January 30, 1948
- Occupation: Civil rights leader