Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

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

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

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

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.