This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Mohandas Gandhi that would fit in tweets:
Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.
Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
Nobody can hurt me without my permission.
Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.
Poverty is the worst form of violence.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes all other courts.
We must become the change we want to see in the world.
You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.
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