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Japan

  • The atom bomb brought an empty victory to the Allied arms but it resulted for the time being in destroying the soul of Japan.

    •    TIG-142

  • I am convinced that the capitalist, if he follows the Samurai of Japan, has nothing really to lose and everything to gain.

    •     T-2-380

  • Let no one run away with the idea that I wish to put in a defence of Japanese misdeeds in pursuance of Japan’s unworthy ambition.

    •     TIG-14222

Jealousy

  • Jealousy presupposes the possibility of rivalry.    

    • T-2-214

  • Bury the jealousies underground and cremate them wherever you like.    

    • XXV-510

Journalism

  • Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

    •     T-7-209

  • The sole aim of journalism should be service.    

    • MM-479

  • Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.

    •    XXVI-371

  • Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.    

    • XXVI-370

  • A journalist’s peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to give definite and fearless expression to that mind.    

    • XXVI-369

  • The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.

    • T-2-238

  • Newspaper today had almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures.    

    •     T-7-314

  • The press was called the Fourth Estate. It was definitely a power but to misuse that power was criminal.

    • T-7-375

  • The newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.    

    • T-7-116

  • In the East., as in the West, the newspapers are fast becoming the people’s Bible, the Koran The Zend-Avesta and the Gita rolled into one.

    •     T-7-209

  • Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

    •     MM-480

  • An itch for new is a variety of dissipation, debilitating to the mind and spirit, unless it is properly curbed.

    • T-7-135

  • The liberty of the press is a dear privilege, apart from the advisability or otherwise of civil disobedience.

    • T-6-1

  • The newspapers had become more important to the average man than the scriptures.    

    • T-7-375

Joy

  • A life of sacrifice is the pinnacle of art, and is full of true joy.    

    • MOG-21

Justice

  • Justice should become cheap and expeditious. Today it is the luxury of the rich and the joy of the gambler.    

    • T-4-182

  • Justice will come when it is deserved by our being and felling strong.

    •     T-2-240

  • Justice does not help the ones who slumber but helps only those who are vigilant.

    •     XIV-177

  • The first condition of nonviolence is justice all round, in every department of life.    

    • T-5-278

  • It is open to a war-resister of judge between two combatants and wish success to the one who has justice on his side.    

    • T-5-197