If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.