No strength within, no respect without.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

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