Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.