Mahatma Gandhi

I think it is the height of ignorance to believe that the sexual act is an independent function necessary like sleeping or eating. Seeing, therefore, that I did not desire more children, I began to strive after self-control. There was endless difficulty in the task.

Be the compromise you want to see in the world.

It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?

Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

It is the duty of every thoughtful Indian not to marry. In case he is helpless in regard to marriage, he should abstain from sexual intercourse with his wife.

I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.

Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

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

The inner voice is something which cannot be described in words. But sometimes we have a positive feeling that something in us prompts us to do a certain thing. The time when I learnt to recognise this voice was, I may say, the time when I started praying regularly.

Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.

Everyone holds a piece of the truth.

A language is an exact reflection of the character and growth of its speakers.

If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.

No one can ride on the back of a man unless it is bent.

Where there is fear there is no religion.

I first learned the concepts of non-violence in my marriage.

There is no 'way to peace,' there is only 'peace.

You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.