"You can't shake hands with a closed..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
You can't shake hands with a closed fist.
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“To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.”
“Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you, but it is most important that you do it.”
“Means to be means must always be within our reach, and so ahimsa is our supreme duty.”
More on Peace
“I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction... I believe that even amid today's mortar bursts and whining bullets, there is still hope for a brighter tomorrow... I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed.”
“Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means.”
“The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war.”
More on Cooperation
“You see, when there is danger, a good leader takes the front line. But when there is celebration, a good leader stays in the back room. If you want the cooperation of human beings around you, make them feel that they are important. And you do that by being humble.”
“I believe in forgiveness; I believe in trying to work with people.”
“That one hundred and fifty lawyers should do business together ought not to be expected.”