Mahatma Gandhi

“The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.”

“Perbedaan pun terbukti berguna, selama ada toleransi.”

“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.”

“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”

“My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.”

“Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as between man and man. They had also brought out the truth that man eats not for enjoyment but to live.”

“Everyone holds a piece of the truth.”

“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:- I shall not fear anyone on Earth. - I shall fear only God. - I shall not bear ill will toward anyone. - I shall not submit to injustice from anyone. - I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”

“A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.”

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.”

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”

“Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.”

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

“I may be a despicable person, but when Truth speaks through me I aminvincible.”

“Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.”

“A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.”

“To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.”

“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.”

“It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.”

“Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest.”

“To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being.”

“Where there is fear there is no religion.”

“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”

“I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.”

“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

“God has no religion.”

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”

“The only difference between man and man all the world over is one of degree, and not of kind, even as there is between trees of the same species.Where in is the cause for anger, envy or discrimination?”

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”

“Truth is one, paths are many.”

“I learned from Hussain how to be wronged and be a winner, I learnt from Hussain how to attain victory while being oppressed.”

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.”

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”

“My Life is My Message”

“In doing something, do it with love or never do it at all.”

“Action expresses priorities.”

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

“I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.”

“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”

“Un país, una civilización se puede juzgar por la forma en que trata a sus animales.”

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”

“There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. ”

“I am but a poor struggling soul yearning to be wholly good, wholly truthful and wholly non-violent in thought, word and deed, but ever failing to reach the ideal which I know to be true. It is a painful climb, but each step upwards makes me feel stronger and fit for the next. ”

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”

“The future depends on what you do today.”

“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”

“I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel.”