"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."

Humility, Truth, Seeker, World

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"The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth."

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"The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him."

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"To make mistakes or be wrong is human. To admit those mistakes shows you have the ability to learn, and are growing wiser."

Donald L. Hicks, American Author

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"Humility is to make a right estimate of one's self."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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"Turn thy crown upside down! You need to feel how it is to kneel as those less fortunate than your noble deal."

Stanley Victor Paskavich, American Politician

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"Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man."

Alexander Pope, English Poet

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"Every man I meet is in some way my superior."

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"A minister is coming down every generation nearer and nearer to the common level of the useful citizen - no oracle at all but a man of more than average moral instincts who if he knows anything knows how little he knows."

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Explore more quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

"Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all."

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"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?"

Democracy

"It is also a warning. It is a warning that, if nobody reads the writing on the wall, man will be reduced to the state of the beast, whom he is shaming by his manners."

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"Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts."

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"Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor..."

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"Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him."

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"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

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"There are limits to self-indulgence none to self-restraint."

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"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."

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"I want freedom for the full expression of my personality."

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