Mahatma Gandhi

“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 t...”

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

“I am not built for academic writings. Action is my domain.”

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

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

“To a man with an empty stomach, food is god.”

“Monotony is the law of nature. Look at the monotonous manner in which the sun rises. The monotony of necessary occupations is exhilarating and life-giving.”

“Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.”

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul.”

“I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist, and Confucian.”

“Morality is contraband in war.”

“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”

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

“Love is the strongest force the world possesses and yet it is the humblest imaginable.”

“What barrier is there that love cannot break?”

“Action expresses priorities.”

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

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

“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”

“I came to the conclusion long ago that all religions were true and that also that all had some error in them, and while I hold by my own religion, I should hold other religions as dear as Hi...”