the time is always right to do the right thing
Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.
Know thyself.
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence. I would rather have India resort to arms in order to defend her honor than that she should, in a cowardly manner, become or remain a helpless witness to her own dishonor. But I believe that nonviolence is infinitely superior to violence, forgiveness is more manly than punishment.
Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.
It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there will be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.
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 the contrary, 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.
For me, the different religions are beautiful flowers from the same garden, or they are branches of the same majestic tree. Therefore, they are equally true, though being received and interpreted through human instruments are equally imperfect.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
You can’t change how people treat you or what they say about you. All you can do is change how you react to it.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is my God. Non-violence is the means of realising Him.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
Knowledge gained through experience is far superior and many times more useful than bookish knowledge.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; It is its own reward. Everything else is in God’s hands.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.