A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

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...

As long as there is life there is danger.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

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

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.