I object to violence because when it appears to do — Mahatma Gandhi
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
More by Mahatma Gandhi
Strength does not come from physical capacity; it comes from an indomitable will.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. to Helvétius, following the burning of De l’esprit in 1759
Voltaire
There is no education like adversity.
Benjamin Disraeli
Never underestimate your own ignorance. speech
Albert Einstein
Women marry men hoping they will change. Men marry women hoping they will not. So each is inevitably disappointed.
Albert Einstein