All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

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

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

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

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

They know enough who know how to learn.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.