Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.