A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.