Mahatma Gandhi quote about Culture

“A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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Know source and context of this Quote :

“The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: The voice of truth” (1968)

Mahatma Gandhi’s more quote about Culture :

There is no such thing as pure Aryan culture in existence today in India. Whether the Aryan were indigenous to India or were unwelcome intruders does not interest me much. What does interest me is the fact that me remote ancestors blended with one another with the utmost freedom and we of the present generation are a result of that blend.

H, 9-5-1936, pp. 100-1

“Islamic culture is not the same in Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and India, but it is itself influenced by the condition of respective countries. Indian culture is, therefore, Indian.

“Indian culture is neither Hindu, Islamic nor any other, wholly. It is a fusion of all and essentially Eastern.”

“Everyone who calls himself or herself an Indian is bound to treasure that culture, be its trustee and resist any attack upon it.”

(YI, 30-4-1931, p.88)

The Indian culture of our times is in the making. Many of us are striving to produce a blend of all the cultures which seem today to be in clash with one another. No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.

H, 9-5-1936, pp. 100-1