Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

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

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.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.