Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

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

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Habit: the shackles of the free

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.