“Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.”
Courageous feeling
Courageous Quotes — page 233 of 1106
“Providence is always on the side of the last reserve.”
“If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.”
“If anybody said that I should die if I did not take beef-tea or mutton, even under medical advice, I would prefer death.”
“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.”
“There is no 'as far as possible' on the question of untouchability. If it is to go, it must go in its entirety from the temples as from everywhere else.”
“You can never get ahead by trying to get even.”
“The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.”
“You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.”
“If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.”
“They are afraid of educated women. They are afraid of the power of knowledge.”
“Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth.”
“It’s up to you to make everyday as perfect as possible. It’s a question of will and discipline.”
“Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!”
“When we think of a criminal, we imagine someone with criminal motives. And when we look at Eichmann, he doesn't actually have any criminal motives. Not what is usually understood by "criminal motives." He wanted to go along with the rest. He wanted to say "we," and going-along-with-the-rest and wanting-to-say-we like this were quite enough to make the greatest of all crimes possible. The Hitlers, after all, really aren't the ones who are typical in this kind of situation--they'd be powerless without the support of others.”
“Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive.”
“When guerillas engage a stronger enemy, they withdraw when he advances, harass him when he stops, strike him when he is weary, pursue him when he withdraws.”
“I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to you that they are. Oh yeah, they're gonna talk to you and talk to you and talk to you about individual freedom. But they see a free individual, it's gonna scare 'em.”
“Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is to identify with them. They too feel justified in their point of view.”
“Nonviolence is a good policy when the conditions permit.”