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#1

“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin

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#2

“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

tags: cowardice, morality, pip

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#3

“To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men

tags: choice, cowardice, responsibility

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#4

“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: bravery, cowardice

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#5

“Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: activism, complicity, dissent, protest, truth-telling

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#6

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness

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#7

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: despair, evil, goodness, inspirational, love, sadness, truth, victory

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#8

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, All Men Are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections

tags: forgiveness, strength, weakness

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#9

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: freedom, humanity, mistakes

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#10

“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: fighting, hurt, inner-peace, peace, permission, strength, trial

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#11

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: hate, love, religion, sin, sinners

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#12

“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: cleanliness, consciousness, corruption, feet, individuality, mind, purity

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#13

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: attributed-no-source, discovery, identity, self-discovery, service

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#14

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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#15

“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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#16

“Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: day, death, night, rebirth, reincarnation, sleep

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#17

“The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: humanism, jimi-hendrix, love, mahatma-gandhi, peace, philosophy, power

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#18

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: inner-strength, mahatma-gandhi, strength, will

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#19

“Action expresses priorities.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, life, priorities

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#20

“You don't know who is important to you until you actually lose them.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: bereavement, loss

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#21

“You may never know what results come of your actions, but if you do nothing, there will be no results.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: activism

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#22

“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: inspirational

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#23

“I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.”
― Mahatma Gandhi, Fools, Martyrs, Traitors: The Story of Martyrdom in the Western World

tags: loss, respect, self-respect

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#24

“I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: empathy, religion, understanding

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#25

“Speak only if it improves upon the silence.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: remaining-silent

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#26

“It is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's acts.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: accountability, responsibility

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#27

“Nothing is so aggravating as calmness.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: satyagraha, serenity

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#28

“There is no such thing as ‘too insane’ unless others turn up dead due to your actions.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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