Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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 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

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes