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.

Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

Topics: Self Restraint Quotes

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in...

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in...

Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it

Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

Even as a tree has a single trunk, but many branches and leaves, there is...

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone...

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone...

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us...

If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us...

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a...

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a...

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Happiness is: Looking in a mirror and liking what you see

Happiness is: Looking in a mirror and liking what you see

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil

Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil

If you'd be loved, be worthy to be loved.

If you'd be loved, be worthy to be loved.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive.

Faith... Must be enforced by reason...When faith becomes blind it dies.

Faith... Must be enforced by reason...When faith becomes blind it dies.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if...

All of your scholarship, all your study of Shakespeare and Wordsworth would be vain if...

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one...

It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one...

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the...

Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my...

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.