A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control. - Mahatma Gandhi

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Let there be no mincing of comparisons in this assertion. Not Turner, not Monet, painted so directly blinding shafts of sunlight as has this Spaniard.

Mahatma Gandhi

A votary of ahimsa must cultivate the habit of unremitting toil, sleepless vigilance, ceaseless self-control.

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Those who know how to think need no teachers.

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Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.

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Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness.

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My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.

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The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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Deep inside her (ih her harrowed soul) she felt a glowing ember of fury at the man responsible for this. Tha man who had put her in this position. She looked at the pistol lying beside the basin, and knew that if he were here, she would use it on him without a moment's hesitation. Knowing that made her feel confused about herself. It also made her feel a little stronger.

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There was some justice in his pain

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