The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

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

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

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.