How can one be compelled to accept slavery? I simply refuse to do the master's bidding. He may torture me, break my bones to atoms and even kill me. He will then have my dead body, not my obedience. Ultimately, therefore, it is I who am the victor and not he, for he has failed in getting me to do what he wanted done. β¨ Mahatma Gandhi (2012). The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas, p.300, Vintage
More Author Quotes
- The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice. β¨ Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi, β¦ βΆ
- There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever. β¨ Mahatma Gandhi (2012). The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of β¦ βΆ
- Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being. β¨ Mahatma Gandhi (2012). The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, β¦ βΆ
- The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him. β¨ Mahatma Gandhi, Thomas Merton (1965). Gandhi on Non-violence, p.58, New Directions Publishing
- We may not be God, but we are of God, even as a little drop of water is of the ocean. β¨ Mahatma Gandhi, M. S. Desphande, Arun Gandhi (1999). The way to God
Most Cited Authors
William Shakespeare2362
Cassandra Clare2086
Ralph Waldo Emerson2017
Paulo Coelho1839
Rajneesh1644
Sherrilyn Kenyon1633
Mark Twain1626
C. S. Lewis1624
Rick Riordan1549
Oscar Wilde1401
Albert Einstein1372
J. K. Rowling1274
Rumi1268
Friedrich Nietzsche1258
John Green1254
Swami Vivekananda1206
Thomas Jefferson1179
Richelle Mead1130
Barack Obama1115
Henry David Thoreau1086
Terry Pratchett1070
Stephen King1024
Mahatma Gandhi1019
Jodi Picoult1016
Neil Gaiman977
Haruki Murakami976
Laozi972
27
The Best Quotes
Lady Gaga 
Sarah Dessen 
Dieter F. Uchtdorf 
Gayle Forman 
Stanley Kubrick 
Rufus Wilmot Griswold 
Thomas Paine 
John Dewey 
Joel Kinnaman 
Maya Rudolph 
Kim Kardashian 
Ben Bernanke Most Liked Authors
- William Shakespeare46.4k
- Cassandra Clare40.9k
- Ralph Waldo Emerson38.9k
- Paulo Coelho35.9k
- Rajneesh32k
- Sherrilyn Kenyon31.8k
- Mark Twain31.7k
- C. S. Lewis31k
- Rick Riordan30.4k
- Oscar Wilde26.9k
- Albert Einstein26.8k
- J. K. Rowling24.6k
- John Green24.5k
- Friedrich Nietzsche24.4k
- Rumi24.3k
- Swami Vivekananda23.3k
- Thomas Jefferson22.7k
- Richelle Mead22.2k
- Barack Obama21.6k
- Terry Pratchett21k
- Henry David Thoreau20.6k
- Stephen King19.8k
- Jodi Picoult19.8k
- Mahatma Gandhi19.7k
- Neil Gaiman19.2k
- Laozi19.1k
- Haruki Murakami19k
27