Tolstoy's so-called inconsistencies were a sign of his development and his passionate regard for truth.
Mahatma GandhiThe cause of the spinning wheel is too great and too good to have to rest on mere hero-worship.
Mahatma GandhiIf intellect plays a large part in the field of violence, I hold that it plays a larger part in the field of nonviolence.
Mahatma GandhiI was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out of doors at night. Darkness was a terror to me. It was almost impossible for me to sleep in the dark, as I would imagine ghosts coming from one direction, thieves from another and serpents from a third. I could not therefore bear to sleep without a light in the room.
Mahatma Gandhi