Interesting thoughts
Truth, purity, self-control, firmness, fearlessness, humility, unity, peace, and renunciation - These are the inherent qualities of a civil resister.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
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.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior.
One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove one must fast and pray.
I want freedom for the full expression on my personality.
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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.
I do not want my house to be walled in on 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.
Find purpose, the means will follow.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
To believe in something, and not live it, is dishonest.
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. (regarding freedom)
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and nonviolence are as old as the hills.
–Mahatma Gandhi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
Generations to come will scarce believe that such
a one as this walked the earth in flesh and blood.
- Albert Einstein
http://streams.gandhiserve.org/einstein.html
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
- Mother Teresa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2960/mothert.htm
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/1979/teresa-bio.html
As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in schools. - Author Unknown
Most people do not pray; they only beg. - George Bernard Shaw
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
- Buddha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddha
http://www.visitlordbuddha.com/
We believe that every being is divine, is God.
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourselves. Therefore, make your own future.
Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
- Swami Vivekananda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivekananda
