I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

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 peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Liberation is not deliverance.

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,

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.