It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

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

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

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

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

Repentance is the attempt of the inner man to return home after wonderful night out

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.