No matter what the past has dealt you, don't let it destroy your future.

The death sentence is a barbaric act . . . It is a reflection of the animal instinct still in human beings.

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.

Gandhi rejects the Adam Smith notion of human nature as motivated by self-interest and brute needs and returns us to our spiritual dimension with its impulses for nonviolence, justice and equality. He exposes the fallacy of the claim that everyone can be rich and successful provided they work hard. He points to the millions who work themselves to the bone and still remain hungry.

He knew when to compromise. Yet he never compromised his principles. He was a militant. Yet a militant who knew how to plan, assess concrete situations and emerge with rational solutions to problems.

Hating clouds the mind. It gets in the way of strategy. Leaders cannot afford to hate