It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

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

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important