Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

There is no knowledge that is not power.