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Dalai Lama This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; ... Buddha An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a w... Buddha Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, conc... Buddha Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the i... Buddha To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is ... Charles de Gaulle In order to become the master, the politician poses as the... Charles de Gaulle My dear and old country, here we are once again together f... Charles de Gaulle I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will r... Charles de Gaulle How can you be expected to govern a country that has 246 k... Charles de Gaulle Old age is a shipwreck.... Charles de Gaulle In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country... Deng Xiaoping The United States brags about its political system, but th... Desmond Tutu If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have ch... Desmond Tutu When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible an... Georges Clemenceau All that I know I learned after I was thirty.... Georges Clemenceau I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or ... Golda Meir To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job... Golda Meir Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you'r... Joseph Stalin It is enough that the people know there was an election. T... Joseph Stalin If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "p... Joseph Stalin The death of one man is a tragedy. The death of millions i... Julius Caesar I came, I saw, I conquered.... Mao Tse-Tung Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thou... Mao Tse-Tung Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously ta... Mao Tse-Tung Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics w... Margaret Thatcher In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you ... Margaret Thatcher What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair... Margaret Thatcher A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and m... Margaret Thatcher It was sheer professionalism and inspiration and the fact ... Margaret Thatcher I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in... Margaret Thatcher To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; ... Margaret Thatcher Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the ter... Martin Luther King, Jr. One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is th... Martin Luther King, Jr. A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.... Martin Luther King, Jr. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We ha... Martin Luther King, Jr. Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the... Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, t... Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream that my four little children will one day l... Martin Luther King, Jr. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance... Martin Luther King, Jr. Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives ma... Martin Luther For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, ... Martin Luther King, Jr. The sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent... Mohandas Gandhi It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our he... Mohandas Gandhi Where there is love there is life.... Mohandas Gandhi Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.... Mohandas Gandhi There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot a... Mohandas Gandhi First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they f... Mohandas Gandhi I abhor vivisection with my whole soul. All the scientific... Mohandas Gandhi There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not... Mohandas Gandhi Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what y... Mohandas Gandhi My life is my message.... Mohandas Gandhi I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and p... Mohandas Gandhi If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committe... Mohandas Gandhi I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am... Mohandas Gandhi An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.... Mohandas Gandhi An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied pro... Mohandas Gandhi I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Ch... Mohandas Gandhi There is more to life than increasing its speed.... Mohandas Gandhi Be the change that you want to see in the world.... Mohandas Gandhi It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold an... Mohandas Gandhi Nobody can hurt me without my permission.... Mohandas Gandhi Truth never damages a cause that is just.... Mohandas Gandhi Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom... Mohandas Gandhi Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is im... Mohandas Gandhi We win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other ... Mohandas Gandhi Action expresses priorities.... Mohandas Gandhi Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep.... Mohandas Gandhi You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just ge... Mohandas Gandhi Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, fu... Mohandas Gandhi Faith... must be enforced by reason... when faith becomes ... Mohandas Gandhi The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute o... Mohandas Gandhi Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to b... Mohandas Gandhi Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes fr... Mohandas Gandhi In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no p... Mohandas Gandhi Fear has its use but cowardice has none.... Mohandas Gandhi Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctiv... Mohandas Gandhi Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, hist... Mohandas Gandhi To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is bett... Mohandas Gandhi Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we s... Mohandas Gandhi I object to violence because when it appears to do good, t... Mohandas Gandhi If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are... Mohandas Gandhi A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, h... Mohandas Gandhi Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understan... Mohandas Gandhi The law an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.... Mohandas Gandhi We must become the change we want to see in the world.... Mohandas Gandhi You must be the change you wish to see in the world.... Mohandas Gandhi Prayer is the key of the morning and the bolt of the eveni... Mohandas Gandhi In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than ... Mohandas Gandhi Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer... Mohandas Gandhi Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were ... Mohandas Gandhi Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is m... Mohandas Gandhi To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.... Mohandas Gandhi Man lives freely only by his readiness to die, if need be,... Mohandas Gandhi It is the quality of our work which will please God and no... Mohandas Gandhi Indeed one's faith in one's plans and methods is truly tes... Mohandas Gandhi The human voice can never reach the distance that is cover... Mohandas Gandhi Don't listen to friends when the Friend inside you says 'D... Mohandas Gandhi There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is... Mohandas Gandhi I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring t... Mohandas Gandhi Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and dee... Mohandas Gandhi Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperat... Mohandas Gandhi We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by o... Mohandas Gandhi An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.... Mohandas Gandhi That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own ... Mohandas Gandhi A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than ... Mohandas Gandhi I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any o... Mohandas Gandhi Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is e... Mohandas Gandhi We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot co... Mohandas Gandhi Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly unde... Mohandas Gandhi Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the... Mohandas Gandhi The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opp... Mohandas Gandhi Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do ... Mohandas Gandhi Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.... Mohandas Gandhi Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its ... Mohandas Gandhi The good man is the friend of all living things.... Mohandas Gandhi The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice ... Mohandas Gandhi Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, fo... Mohandas Gandhi What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would ... Mohandas Gandhi The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its ani... Mohandas Gandhi Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistanc... Mohandas Gandhi Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.... Mohandas Gandhi An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for ... Mohandas Gandhi Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow int... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence is the article of faith.... Mohandas Gandhi You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean;... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will... Mohandas Gandhi I have also seen children successfully surmounting the eff... Mohandas Gandhi I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today ... Mohandas Gandhi A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sa... Mohandas Gandhi The difference between what we do and what we are capable ... Mohandas Gandhi Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.... Mohandas Gandhi Poverty is the worst form of violence.... Mohandas Gandhi Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakn... Mohandas Gandhi In a gentle way, you can shake the world.... Mohandas Gandhi The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the s... Mohandas Gandhi Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of ma... Mohandas Gandhi Those who know how to think need no teachers.... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one ... Mohandas Gandhi It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is hea... Mohandas Gandhi There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one ... Mohandas Gandhi Fear of death makes us devoid both of valour and religion.... Mohandas Gandhi Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenien... Mohandas Gandhi The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, ev... Mohandas Gandhi Are creeds such simple things like the clothes which a man... Mohandas Gandhi Measures must always in a progressive society be held supe... Mohandas Gandhi I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we... Mohandas Gandhi Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle t... Mohandas Gandhi God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands... Mohandas Gandhi When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the... Mohandas Gandhi Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a m... Mohandas Gandhi Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion... Mohandas Gandhi For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.... Mohandas Gandhi I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with t... Mohandas Gandhi It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul gro... Mohandas Gandhi One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself a... Mohandas Gandhi My religion is based on truth and non-violence. Truth is m... Mohandas Gandhi It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and band... Mohandas Gandhi Better far than cowardice is killing and being killed in b... Mohandas Gandhi Imitation is the sincerest flattery.... Mohandas Gandhi Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man... Mohandas Gandhi Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law g... Mohandas Gandhi Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold o... Mohandas Gandhi A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and ... Mohandas Gandhi There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly g... Mohandas Gandhi Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason,... Mohandas Gandhi Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never... Mohandas Gandhi A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperf... Mohandas Gandhi Human society is a ceaseless growth, an unfoldment in term... Mohandas Gandhi If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end o... Mohandas Gandhi Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and ... Mohandas Gandhi Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition... Mohandas Gandhi It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themse... Mohandas Gandhi The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be ad... Mohandas Gandhi Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, b... Mohandas Gandhi If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation al... Mohandas Gandhi Spiritual relationship is far more precious than physical.... Mohandas Gandhi All the religions of the world, while they may differ in o... Mohandas Gandhi Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance... Mohandas Gandhi But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving mania... Mohandas Gandhi Where love is, there God is also.... Mohandas Gandhi Constant development is the law of life, and a man who alw... Mohandas Gandhi Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.... Mohandas Gandhi Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.... Mohandas Gandhi Breach of promise is a base surrender of truth.... Mohandas Gandhi Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusiv... Mohandas Gandhi Each one prays to God according to his own light.... Mohandas Gandhi The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To b... Mohandas Gandhi Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works ... Mohandas Gandhi We may have our private opinions but why should they be a ... Mohandas Gandhi I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provid... Mohandas Gandhi God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wish... Mohandas Gandhi When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the lat... Mohandas Gandhi I have worshipped woman as the living embodiment of the sp... Mohandas Gandhi I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultl... Mohandas Gandhi Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within ... Mohandas Gandhi Evil is, good or truth misplaced.... Mohandas Gandhi Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless... Mohandas Gandhi I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions ... Mohandas Gandhi The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.... Mohandas Gandhi God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price. Ma... Mohandas Gandhi The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly... Mohandas Gandhi Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid ... Mohandas Gandhi Manliness consists in making circumstances subserve to our... Mohandas Gandhi The essence of all religions is one. Only their approaches... Mohandas Gandhi Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith ... Mohandas Gandhi A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchabl... Mohandas Gandhi Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has bee... Mohandas Gandhi Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of li... Mohandas Gandhi I know, to banish anger altogether from one's breast is a ... Mohandas Gandhi Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We canno... Mohandas Gandhi A nation's culture resides in the hearts and in the soul o... Mohandas Gandhi Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not ... Mohandas Gandhi Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or w... Mohandas Gandhi Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other tha... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence requires a double faith, faith in God and als... Mohandas Gandhi Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and... Mohandas Gandhi Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the... Mohandas Gandhi Peace is its own reward.... Mohandas Gandhi As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being a... Mohandas Gandhi Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid do... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will... Mohandas Gandhi A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerog... Mohandas Gandhi You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy... Mohandas Gandhi No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive.... Mohandas Gandhi A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but wh... Mohandas Gandhi A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a... Mohandas Gandhi I claim that human mind or human society is not divided in... Mohandas Gandhi Self-respect knows no considerations.... Mohandas Gandhi What is true of the individual will be to-morrow true of t... Mohandas Gandhi I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to re... Mohandas Gandhi Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mank... Mohandas Gandhi Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in r... Mohandas Gandhi An eye for an eye makes us all blind.... Mohandas Gandhi Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is se... Mother Teresa The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than ... Mother Teresa If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that ... Mother Teresa Peace begins with a smile.... Mother Teresa I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts,... Mother Teresa If you judge people, you have no time to love them.... Napoleon Bonaparte History is the version of past events that people have dec... Napoleon Bonaparte He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.... Napoleon Bonaparte Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.... Napoleon Bonaparte What is history but a fable agreed upon?... Napoleon Bonaparte If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks th... Napoleon Bonaparte A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ri... Napoleon Bonaparte If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal gi... Napoleon Bonaparte Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.... Otto von Bismarck Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being... Shunryu Suzuki Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we can... Vladimir Lenin It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revol... William E. Gladstone Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good governm... William E. Gladstone Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Co... William Penn For death is no more than a turning of us over from time t... William Penn Let the people think they govern and they will be governed... William Penn Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.... William Penn Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it mak...

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