There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

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

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

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