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

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.