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

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

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.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Thereare two sides to every question.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical