A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.