She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.
But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.
Love is the biggest eraser there is. Love erases even the deepest imprinting because love goes deeper then anything. If you childhood imprinting was very strong, and you keep saying: “It’s their fault. I can’t change,” you stay stuck.
The desire for an increase of wealth can be satisfied through exchange, which is the only method possible in a capitalist economy, or by violence and petition as in a militarist society, where the strong acquire by force, the weak by petitioning.
Spiritual movements are revolts of thought against inertia, of the few against the many; of those who because they are strong in spirit are strongest alone against those who can express themselves only in the mass and the mob, and who are significant only because they are numerous.
I understand democracy as something that gives the weak the same chance as the strong.
Terrorism and deception are weapons not of the strong, but of the weak.
There can be no nonviolence offered by the militarily strong.
Nonviolence of the strong cannot be a mere policy. It must be a creed, or a passion, if ‘creed’ is objected to.
Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.
The fight of satyagraha is for the strong in spirit, not the doubter or the timid. Satyagraha teaches us the art of living as well as dying.
Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet.
A definite forgiveness would mean a definite recognition of our strength.
If we were strong, self-respecting and not susceptible to frightfulness, the foreign rulers would have been powerless for mischief.
We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
Everyone wants to be strong and self sufficient, but few are willing to put in the work necessary to achieve worthy goals.
The wind of God’s grace is incessantly blowing. Lazy sailors on the sea of life do not take advantage of it. But the active and strong always keep the sails of their minds unfurled to catch the favorable winds and thus reach their destination very soon.
There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.
Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.
Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.