Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

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

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

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