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

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.