Emotions and Feelings

Sir Roger told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgement rashly, that much might be said on both sides.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Compare yourself to those who are superior to you, and you’ll find yourself lacking; compare yourself to those who are inferior to you, and you’ll find yourself more than good enough.

Whoever is your teacher, even for a day, consider your father (to respect and care for) your whole life.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean. If a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Where there is love, there is life.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.

The Roots of Violence: wealth without work; pleasure without conscience; knowledge without character; commerce without morality; science without humanity; worship without sacrifice; politics without principles.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Strength does not come from physical capacity; it comes from an indomitable will.

Service that is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures as possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment; full effort is full victory.

Peace is its own reward.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.

Love never claims, it ever gives. Love ever suffers, never resents, never revenges itself.

It is the action, not the fruit of action, that’s important. You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power, may not be in your time, that there’ll be any fruit. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing. You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

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 wisest might err.

It is easy to stand in the crowd, but it takes courage to stand alone.

Infinite striving to be the best is man’s duty; it is its own reward.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.