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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

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.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

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

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience