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Politics and Religion are obsolete. The time has come for Science and Spirituality.

Vinoba Bhave

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Vinoba Bhave
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: September 11
Died: 1982
Died: November 15
Educator
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
Politician
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Vinayak Narahari Bhave
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Time
Obsolete
Spirituality
Politics
Religion

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We cannot fight new wars with old weapons.
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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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Do not allow yourself to imagine that revolutionary thinking can be propagated by governmental power.
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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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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 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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If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches.
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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 whole world.
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Life does not mean mere karma or mere bhakti or mere jnana.
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When a thing is true, there is no need to use any arguments to substantiate it.
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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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When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes.
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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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A country should be defended not by arms, but by ethical behavior.
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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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The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.
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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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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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