It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

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

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

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.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.