Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

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

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

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.