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> [Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/life-does-not-mean-mere-karma-or-mere-bhakti-or-mere-jnana/)

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## More by Vinoba Bhave

> [It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/it-is-only-when-our-life-proceeds-within-bounds-and-in-an-accepted/)

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> [A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/a-country-should-be-defended-not-by-arms-but-by-ethical-behavior/)

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> [In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/in-this-world-of-chance-and-change-and-mutability-the-fulfillment-of/)

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> [If a man’s house is full of medicine bottles, we infer the man is an invalid. But if his house is full of books,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/if-a-man-s-house-is-full-of-medicine-bottles-we-infer-the-man-is-an/)

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> [All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/all-revolutions-are-spiritual-at-the-source-all-my-activities-have/)

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> [We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/we-cannot-fight-new-wars-with-old-weapons/)

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> [We cannot even recollect the actions of our infancy, our childhood is like something written on a slate and rubbed off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/we-cannot-even-recollect-the-actions-of-our-infancy-our-childhood-is/)

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> [If a man achieves victory over this body, who in the world can exercise power over him? He who rules himself rules over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/if-a-man-achieves-victory-over-this-body-who-in-the-world-can/)

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> [Though the names karma yoga and sannyasa are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/though-the-names-karma-yoga-and-sannyasa-are-different-the-truth-at/)

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> [I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/i-am-convinced-that-those-who-get-themselves-involved-in-the/)

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> [In the Bhagavad Gita, there is no long discussion, nothing elaborate. The main reason for this is that everything stated in the Gita is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/in-the-bhagavad-gita-there-is-no-long-discussion-nothing-elaborate/)

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> [Gross and subtle, pure and mixed, simple and complex - in the end that there is no place where God is not. In every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/gross-and-subtle-pure-and-mixed-simple-and-complex-in-the-end-that/)

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> [Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/life-does-not-mean-mere-karma-or-mere-bhakti-or-mere-jnana/)

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> [The main reason why we look constantly to the Gita is that, whenever we need help, we may get it from the Gita. And,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/the-main-reason-why-we-look-constantly-to-the-gita-is-that-whenever/)

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> [When we will all see our role in society as servants, we will all light up the sky together like countless stars on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vinoba-bhave/when-we-will-all-see-our-role-in-society-as-servants-we-will-all/)

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