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

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

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

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

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.