Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Thesubconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart of hearts you desire.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.