He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

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

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.