Mahatma Gandhi

(born 1869; died 1948)

An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any. [Select]

{Category: Law and Politics}

I think it would be a good idea. [Select]

(when asked what he thought of Western civilization) {Category: Law and Politics}

In prayer, it is better to have a heart without words than words without heart. [Select]

{Category: Science and Religion}

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within. [Select]

{Categories: Law and Politics, Vice and Virtue}

There is more to life than increasing its speed. [Select]

{Category: Happiness and Misery}

We must become the change we want to see. [Select]

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. [Select]

{Categories: Law and Politics, Work and Recreation}

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