Mahatma Gandhi

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."

"Hatred can be overcome only by love."

"The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that all men and women think differently and none are sure that they are wholly in the right."

"God's truth is like a lion; it does not need our protection, it will defend itself."

"Khadi symbolizes independence and equality of all on the loom of non-violence."

"The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart."

"A state constituted of such men and women would be founded on justice, not cruelty."

"My nationalism is not exclusive, it is inclusive."

"Machinery is good when man glides easily on it. To create machinery is not his only occupation."

"The days are of equal length only in the sense that each is 24 hours, but the value of that time depends on what we do with it."

"For me, the 'I' doesn't count. It is the 'we' that counts."

"Men can only be commanded by fear, women only by love."

"Where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence."

"There is no practice in the world like practice, and no teacher like one's own hands and heart."

"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."

"A person is but the product of their thoughts; what they think is what they become."

"The path of truth and love has always been a winning path."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather an assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place."

"The only language spoken by all human beings is music."

"One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests."

"The moment a person claims to have the ultimate truth, they are bound to cause pain."

"A man of faith does not bargain or stipulate with God."

"I would rather see the pages of the Quran in the hands of every Muslim than weapons of war."

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."

"Independence must come through our strong conviction and adherence to truth, not through weapons."

"The greatest leaders are not remembered for the speeches they delivered or the monuments they built, but for how they changed hearts."

"Dreams are not what put food on tables; actions are."

"The spirit of equality is the pith of democracy."

"Humanity has to get out of violence only through non-violence."