The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

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

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.