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- A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
- A man who broods on evil is as bad a man who does evil, if he is no worse
- A person who is worried about the outcome of his work does not see his goal; he sees only his opposition and the obstacles before him
- Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
- An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
- An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching
- As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
- Be the planetary citizen you want everyone else to be.
- Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for the confession.
- Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.
- Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test everything in the light of reason and experience, no matter from where it comes.
- Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth
- Fear has its use but cowardice has none
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
- Friendship that insists on agreement on all matters is not worth the name. Friendship to be real must ever sustain the weight of honest differences, however sharp they be.
- Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
- Hate the sin, love the sinner.
- Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.
- I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
- I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.
- I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith.
- I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.
- 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.
- In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a 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.
- It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.
- It is unwise to be too sure one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
- Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
- Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.
- Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning.
- Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.
- Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
- Peace is its own reward.
- Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
- The good man is the friend of all living things.
- The moment there is suspicion about a person’s motives, everything he does becomes tainted.
- The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
- There is more to life than increasing its speed.
- To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being. The more helpless the creature, the more that it is entitled to protection by man from the cruelty of man.
- Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear
- Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
- When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
- When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.
- Where love is, there God is also
- Where there is love there is life.
- You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
- You must be the change you want to see in the world.
- 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.
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