A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

God made time, but man made haste.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'