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

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Ittakes time to save time.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.