Mahatma Gandhi

"Love never claims, it ever gives."

"Great souls inspire others to have greater souls."

"In a gentle way, you can shake the world."

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

"In doing something, if you do not abide by some principles, then just for the sake of conduct, you are not going to create impact."

"The future depends on what you do today."

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths."

"Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love."

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change."

"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."

"Non-violence is a power which can be wielded equally by all—children, young men and women or grown-up people, provided they have a living faith in the God that non-violence is based upon."

"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."

"Patience is the ornament of the brave."

"The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within."

"Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress."

"In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."

"The gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and when we expect nothing in return."

"Noncooperation with evil is as much a duty as cooperation with good."

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"Constant development is the only way to keep ahead."

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

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

"True wealth is not measured in money and possessions, but in character and integrity."

"The moment there is in any country violence and hatred between different races, that country is ruined."

"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills."

"Civilization is not inherited; it has to be learned and earned by each generation anew."