The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

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

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.