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Poverty is the worst form of violence.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Money, Plainly
Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Money, Plainly
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Confidence
I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On the Working Life
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 w…
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Focus & Distraction
True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Focus & Distraction
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the be…
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Confidence
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Discipline
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On the Working Life
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Discipline
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Purpose
My life is my message.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Purpose
Glory lies in the attempt to reach one's goal and not in reaching it.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Discipline
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Confidence
Where there is love there is life.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Purpose
Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness.
— Mahatma Gandhi
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
When another blames you or hates you, go to their souls, penetrate inside and see what sort of people they are. You wil…
— Marcus Aurelius
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Do not indulge in dreams of having what you have not, but reckon up the chief of the blessings you do possess.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Money, Plainly
It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our o…
— Marcus Aurelius
On Confidence
The best answer to anger is silence.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is…
— Marcus Aurelius
On Focus & Distraction
Begin — to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Discipline
Just that you do the right thing. The rest doesn't matter.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Discipline
People exist for one another. You can instruct or endure them.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Purpose
How ridiculous and how strange to be surprised at anything which happens in life.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Anxiety & Quiet Days
Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not this is misfortune, but to bear this…
— Marcus Aurelius
On Starting Over
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Purpose
Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom desti…
— Marcus Aurelius
On Purpose
The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Starting Over
Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.
— Marcus Aurelius
On Confidence