"Violent means will give violent freedom. That would be a menace to the world and to India herself."

-- Mahatma Gandhi

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“You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.”

Source : "Uncomfortable Climate" by Elizabeth Kolbert, www.newyorker.com. November 22, 2010.
“Love is as much a question of the will as it is of the emotion. And if you WILL to love somebody, you can.”
“If you pay attention to the world, itâ€™s an amazing place. If you donâ€™t, itâ€™s whatever you think it is.”
“It is magnificent, but it is not war.”

Source : Quoted in Cecil Woodham-Smith, The Reason Why (1953)
“where is the 'punch' in sweetness and light?”
“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
“A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.”

Source : Daniel Boone, Francis Lister Hawks (1996). “Daniel Boone: His Own Story”, p.22, Applewood Books
“True nonattachment is understanding that you are fundamentally attached to everything and, through that understanding, dropping your attachment to the view that you are detached from that which you encounter. At the same time, real nonattachment means not clinging to things or people. It means dropping the idea that if you don't have this or if you can't get that, your life will be a catastrophe.”

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