Mahatma Gandhi

“If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.”

“Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.”

“Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.”

“A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.”

“A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.”

“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”

“Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.”

“There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.”

“Self-respect knows no considerations.”

“Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.”

“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”

“The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.”

“Fear has its use but cowardice has none.”

“A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.”

“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.”

“Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.”

“Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit.”

“God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.”

“To deprive a man of his natural liberty and to deny to him the ordinary amenities of life is worse then starving the body; it is starvation of the soul, the dweller in the body.”

“Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.”