Mahatma Gandhi

"Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well. "

"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. "

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. "

"As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it. "

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. "

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. "

"Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress. "

"Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. "

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

"I think it would be a good idea. "

"I want freedom for the full expression on my personality. "

"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. "

"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. "

"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. "

"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. "

"N.B. This quote refers to the British disarmament of the Indian Army. Gandhi never advocated the individual right to bear arms. "

"One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds. "

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. "

"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. "

"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 "

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

"Where there is love there is life. "

"You must be the change you wish 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. "