A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

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

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

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.