Today is the birthday of one of my favorite historical figures: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (sometimes mispelt as Ghandi). If he was alive, Ghandi would be 140 years old today! And since in a way he’s very much alive in our hearts, I’ve gathered some of his most influential and inspiring quotes to make a celebratory post. If you’re not too familiar with Gandhi other than through his quotes, I recommend you watch the amazing 1982 Richard Attenborough movie starring Ben Kingsley as Gandhi:

This is the kind of movie that will change the way you look at the world, as well as making you consider just how influential you can be in changing things for the best. If you want to watch this movie legally over the Internet, you may want to check out this website. Now, onwards to the Ghandi Quotes:

if gandhi was alive, he'd say (and I quote):

* A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

* As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world — that is the myth of the atomic age — as in being able to remake ourselves.

* Be the change you want to see in the world.

* First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

* God is conscience. He is even the atheism of the atheist.

* Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

* If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior.

* No power on earth can subjugate you when you are armed with the sword of ahimsa. It ennobles both the victor and the vanquished.
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Okay, so I know many people out there really love quotes, and since today we’re starting a new month I figured I’d look up some of the best quotes involving October, for your contemplation and enjoyment.

“There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir, We must rise and follow her; When from every hill of flame, She calls and calls each vagabond by name”
William Bliss Carman

“October is crisp days and cool nights, a time to curl up around the dancing flames and sink into a good book.”
Unknown author?

“You kind of took it for granted around the Yankees that there was always going to be baseball in October.”
Whitey Ford quotes

“October’s child is born for woe, And life’s vicissitudes must know; But lay on Opal on her breast, And hope will lull those woes to rest.”
Unattributed Author;October, in “Notes and Queries”, May 11, 1889, p. 371

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So you think you’re good at telling reality apart from fantasy? Well, I’m sure you are, but I’m also certain the following video will get you off balance: what happens when you realize you can’t tell the difference between something the president of the USA has said and something the cartoon character Batman would say? Hold on to your disbelief, and just watch this:

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