370 quotes found
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”
“Whenever you take a step forward you are bound to disturb something.”
“We have believed-and we do believe now-that freedom is indivisible that peace is indivisible that economic prosperity is indivisible.”
“Happiness is when what you think what you say and what you do are in harmony.”
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles but today it means getting along with people.”
“Rights that do not flow from duty well performed are not worth having.”
“Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life-giving.”
“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.”
“I consider myself a Hindu Christian Moslem Jew Buddhist and Confucian.”
“It is possible for a single individual to defy the whole might of an unjust empire to save his honour his religion his soul and lay the foundation for that empire's fall or its regeneration.”
“There are limits to self-indulgence none to self-restraint.”
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
“Morality is contraband in war.”
“It is better to be violent if there is violence in our hearts than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence.”
“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
“What is true of the individual will be tomorrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.”
“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”
“If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.”
