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

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

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

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.