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

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

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

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

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.

God has created the world in play.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.