A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
A votary of ahimsa cannot subscribe to the utilitarian formula (of the greatest good of the greatest number). He will strive for the greatest good of all and die in the attempt to realize that ideal.
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The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
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It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong.
The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.
The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.
Where conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be answered from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.
God has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another unhappy. God has determined, unless I interfere with His plan, that I should reach that which will be my greatest happiness. He looks on me individually, He calls me by my name, He knows what I can do, what I can best be, what is my greatest happiness, and He means to give it me.
He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
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History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made the greatest number of people happy.
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