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Quote from Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi,

The seven blunders that human society commits and cause all the violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, and politics without principles.



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Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi (more quotes by Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi or books by/about Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi)


(1869-1948) Leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India

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A written list given to his departing grandson Arun Gandhi (October 1947), as quoted in Marriot (Spring 1998).

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Character, Commerce, Conscience, Humanity, Knowledge, Labor, Morality, Politics, Principle, Sacrifice, Science, Society, Violence, Wealth

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