Gandhi

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

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?

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

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

 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.

One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.


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

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.