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Fear Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

49 Fear quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

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Mahatma Gandhi links fearlessness to calmness and a quiet mind. He warns that fearing our own pride or the ideas of others can trap us, and he sees retreat not as cowardice but as a possible act of bravery. Gandhi also says that fearing God is real, while fearing people or servitude is imagined.

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In any case, the fear of subservience is quite imaginary.

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Nonviolence abhors fear and therefore, secrecy.

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It is weakness which breeds fear, and fear breeds distrust.

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Possession of arms implies an element of fear, if not of cowardice.

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Fearlessness presupposes calmness and peace of mind.

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Fear of disease killed more men than disease itself.

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The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

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The man who fears man falls from the estate of man. Fear God alone.

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The fear of the judge within is more terrible than that of the one without.

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There is always the fear of self-righteousness possessing us, the fear of arrogating to ourselves a superiority that we do not possess.

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Moral restrictions tend to become lax in a foreign country, since the fear of social opinion disappears.

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For a non-violent person the whole world is one family. He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him.

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External fears cease of their own accord when once we have conquered these traitors within the camp.

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Why worry one's head over a thing that is inevitable? Why die before one's death?

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War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.

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The golden rule is to act fearlessly upon what one believes to be right.

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I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and…

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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry…

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I must refuse to believe that the Germans contemplate with equanimity the evacuation of cities like London for fear of destruction to…

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Nonviolence means an ocean of compassion. It means shedding from us every trace of ill will for others. It does not mean…

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...service can have no meaning unless one takes pleasure in it. When it is done for show or for fear of public…

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Fear has its use, but cowardice has none. I may not put my finger into the jaws of a snake, but the…

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I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by…

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“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based…

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I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to…

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Just as one must learn the art of killing in the training for violence, so one must learn the art of dying…

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Fear gone, there can be no hatred.

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Fear is not a disease of the body; fear kills the soul.

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Where there is fear there is no religion.

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There is nothing that wastes the body like worry...

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Let us fear God and we shall cease to fear man.

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Fear has its use but cowardice has none.

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Violence is the fear to other's ideals.

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The votary of ahimsa has only one fear, that is, of God.

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"Do not worry in the least about yourself, leave all worry to God" this appears to be the commandment in all religions.

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The greatest help you can give me is to banish fear from your hearts.

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When the fear of jail disappears, repression puts heart into the people.

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Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion. For want of valour is want of religious faith.

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Running away for fear of death, leaving one's dear ones, temples or music to take care of themselves, is irreligion; it is…

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Power is of two kinds: one is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.

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The spirit of democracy cannot be established in the midst of terrorism, whether governmental or popular.

Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

I have no disciples, being myself an aspirant after discipleship and in search of a guru.

Man becomes not the lord and master of all creation but he is its servant.