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We are less than atoms, I say, because the atom obeys the law of its…

Quote byMahatma Gandhi · 1869–1948

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Young India (24 September 1931); also in Teachings Of Mahatma Gandhi (1945), edited by Jag Parvesh Chander, p. 458 archive.org.

English (original)

We are less than atoms, I say, because the atom obeys the law of its being, whereas we in the insolence of our ignorance deny the law of nature. But I have no argument to address to those who have no faith.

— Mahatma Gandhi

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