The present is never a happy state to any being

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

To beprepared is half the victory.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

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

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well