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.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

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

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.