“ | It was the first religion that preached and practiced democracy; for, in the mosque, when the call for prayer is sounded and worshippers are gathered together, the democracy of Islam is embodied five times a day when the peasant and king kneel side by side and proclaim: 'God Alone is Great'... I have been struck over and over again by this indivisible unity of Islam that makes man instinctively a brother. | ” |
— Sarojini Naidu |
“ | It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. Violence is any day preferable to impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent. | ” |
— Mahatma Gandhi |
“ | Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish..... | ” |
— John Quincy Adams |
“ | I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. | ” |
— Leonardo da Vinci |
“ | Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. | ” |
— Thomas H. Huxley |
“ | It is not how old you are, but how you are old. | ” |
— Jules Renard |
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