But truth is hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.
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More Quotes from Mohandas Gandhi
You assist an evil system most effectively by obeying its orders and decrees. An evil system never deserves such allegiance. Allegiance to it means partaking of the evil. A good person will resist an evil system with his or her whole soul.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.
What barrier is there that love cannot break?
Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
When whole races and peoples conspire to propagate gigantic mute lies in the interest of tyrannies and shams, why should we care anything about the trifling lies told by individuals?
If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world, individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.
Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
