Mahatma Gandhi Famous Quotes
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence."
N.B. This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms.
Where there is love there is life.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
"Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest."
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
"I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers."
Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
"In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth."
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state we must be doing something to be happy.
"As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it."
I want freedom for the full expression on my personality.
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy"
"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it."
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."
It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
I think it would be a good idea.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
"One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds."
Mahatma Gandhi Quotations
In the night all cats are gray.
Miguel de Cervantes
The safest way to double your money is to fold it over twice and put it in your pocket.
Frank McKinney Hubbard
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
John F Kennedy
"Un croquis vaut mieux quun long discours.Fr., A picture is worth a thousand words."
Napoleon
"Once, power was considered a masculine attribute. In fact, power has no sex."
Katharine Graham
"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Never trust anybody who says 'trust me.' Except just this once, of course. - from Steel Beach"
John Varley
Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
Charles De Gaulle
"I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone to keep the cobwebs out of my eyes."
Miguel de Cervantes
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
H L Mencken