The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

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

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.