"To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself."

Beerbohm, Sir Max on vanity   

"Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy."

Plutarch on valor   

"The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures."

Hegel, Georg on valor   

"Understanding brings control."

Bonewitz on understanding
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"Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand."

Augustine, St. on understanding
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"He liked to like people, therefore people liked him."

Twain, Mark on popularity
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"The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all."

Twain, Mark on criticism   

"An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

Gandhi, Mahatma on revenge
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"There are limits to self-indulgence, none to restraint."

Gandhi, Mahatma on restraint
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"The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice."

Gandhi, Mahatma on sacrifice
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"The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer force of self-confidence, bravery and tenacity."

Gandhi, Mahatma on self-confidence
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"Not to have control over the senses is like sailing in a rudderless ship, bound to break to pieces on coming in contact with the very first rock."

Gandhi, Mahatma on self-control
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"They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them."

Gandhi, Mahatma on self-respect
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"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

Gandhi, Mahatma on service
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"Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being."

Gandhi, Mahatma on society
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"Whatever you do may seem insignificant, but it is most important that you do it."

Gandhi, Mahatma on action
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"A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else."

Gandhi, Mahatma on action
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"A No uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a Yes merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble."

Gandhi, Mahatma on candor
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"Be the change you want to see in the world."

Gandhi, Mahatma on change
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"Those who know how to think need no teachers."

Gandhi, Mahatma on teacher
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"Whenever you have truth it must be given with love, or the message and the messenger will be rejected."

Gandhi, Mahatma on truth
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"Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking."

Gandhi, Mahatma on unity
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"I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent."

Gandhi, Mahatma on violence
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"I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could."

Gandhi, Mahatma on vision
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"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action."

Gandhi, Mahatma on prayer
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"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

Gandhi, Mahatma on poverty and the poor
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"Faith must be enforced by reason. When faith becomes blind it dies."

Gandhi, Mahatma on faith
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"I claim to be an average man of less than average ability. I have not the shadow of a doubt that any man or woman can achieve what I have, if he or she would make the same effort and cultivate the same hope and faith."

Gandhi, Mahatma on faith
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"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

Gandhi, Mahatma on forgiveness
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"Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good."

Gandhi, Mahatma on evil
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"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

Gandhi, Mahatma on happiness
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"Hatred can be overcome only by love."

Gandhi, Mahatma on hatred
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"If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide."

Gandhi, Mahatma on humor
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"Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible."

Gandhi, Mahatma on idleness
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"I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul."

Gandhi, Mahatma on inheritance
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"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act."

Gandhi, Mahatma on jesus christ
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"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."

Gandhi, Mahatma on leadership
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"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed."

Gandhi, Mahatma on life
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"Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding."

Gandhi, Mahatma on anger
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"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."

Gandhi, Mahatma on love
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