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

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Renown and repose do not go together.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.