Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

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

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.