Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

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

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.