The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

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

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges