"If she [woman] is weak in striking,..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
If she [woman] is weak in striking, she is strong in suffering.
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“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.”
“Nonviolence, when it becomes active, travels with extraordinary velocity, and then it becomes a miracle.”
“Ahimsa and Truth are so intertwined that it is practically impossible to disentangle and separate them.”
More on Woman
“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.”
“Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.”
“A fearless woman who knows that her purity is her best shield can never be dishonoured.”
More on Strength
“Sure as the most certain sure, plumb in the uprights, well entretied, braced in the beams, Stout as a horse, affectionate, haughty, electrical, I and this mystery here we stand.”
“This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is death.”
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”