Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

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

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

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

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.