QUOTATIONS FROM GANDHI-7

1. The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
2. "Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be inseparable part of our very being."
3. There is no god higher than truth.
4. "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory."
5. Patience means self-suffering.
6. There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint."
7. "To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man."
8. "Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected."
9. The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice.
10. They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.
11. Those who know how to think need no teachers.
12. "You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind."
13. I think it would be a good idea.
14. "A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds good it has got to be pursued with apostolic zeal."
15. "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."
16. 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."
17. Non-violence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.
18. "A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."
19. "Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth."
20. Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
21. 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.
22. "In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in an clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth."
23. Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
24. It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
25. Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.