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

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.