Mahatma Gandhi Quotes

Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

It takes strength to be kind; it's not a weakness.

We think that forgiveness is weakness, but it's absolutely not; it takes a very strong person to forgive.

The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Forgiveness is a basis for moral and ethical behavior.

So many of the high ranking about me have discarded mercy as a weakness.

When you are about to badger the weak, Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

Never let a person's weakness get in the way of their strength.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

My illness has taught me something about the nature of humanity, love, brotherhood and relationships that I never understood, and probably never would have. So, from that standpoint, there is some truth and good in everything.

We are taught that revenge is strong and compassion is weak. We are taught that power is more important than love.

The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.