The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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

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

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

Renown and repose do not go together.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.