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

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Poverty is the worst form of violence.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way...

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way...

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed....

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed....

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I...

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 anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton,...

If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton,...

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...

If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste...

If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste...

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and...

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and...

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.

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

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

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion...

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion...

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer...

The history of the world is full of men who rose to leadership, by sheer...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their...

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...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...

Very few people ever manage what nature manages without effort and mostly without fail. We...