Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

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

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

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

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.