It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

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.

To teach isto learn twice.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Ittakes time to save time.