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When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.

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Vinoba Bhave
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: September 11
Died: 1982
Died: November 15
Educator
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
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New York
Vinayak Narahari Bhave
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When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
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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 meant to be tested in the life of every man it is intended to be verified in practice.
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Though the names 'karma', 'yoga' and 'sannyasa' are different, the truth at the heart of both is the same.
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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.
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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 atom, He alone is present. From the ant to the universe, He spreads. The Lord who cares equally for all, the compassionate one who is all knowledge, tenderness, skill, holiness and beauty - He stands on all sides everywhere.
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Politics and Religion are obsolete. The time has come for Science and Spirituality.
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If we could only snap the fetters of the body that bind the feet of the soul, we shall experience a great joy. Then we shall not be miserable because of the body's sufferings. We shall become free.
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It is only when our life proceeds within bounds and in an accepted, disciplined way, that the mind can be free.
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In nonviolence you must go full steam ahead, if you want the good to come speedily you must go about it with vigor.
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All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.
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Human life is full of the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions.
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If we wish our nature to be free and joyous, we should bring our activities into same order.
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Innumerable actions are going on through us all the time. If we started counting them, we should never come to an end.
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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, we conclude he is intelligent.
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A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.
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The river flows at its own sweet will, but the flood is bound in the two banks. If it were not thus bound, its freedom would be wasted.
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It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor.
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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.
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If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches.
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