“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein
“The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them-violence.” - Chris Hedges
Mahatma Gandhi (October 02, 1869 – January 30, 1948)
Indian Philosopher
* The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives.
* An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
* The law of love could be best understood and learned through little children.
* 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.
* Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
* Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.
* Be the change you want to see in the world.
* Just as the body cannot exist without blood, so the soul needs the matchless and pure strength of faith.
* Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.
* I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent
* Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
If you’re seeking a source of inspiration, there’s nothing like Mahatma Gandhi quotes. After all, who’s had a bigger influence on this century’s struggle for peace?
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall — think of it, ALWAYS.
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Fear is not a physical capacity desease of the body; fear kills the soul.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
The truest test of civilization, culture, and dignity is character, not clothing.
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Democracy is an impossible thing until the power is shared by all, but let not democracy degenerate into mobocracy.
They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.
