We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

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

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

It's good to shut up sometimes.