Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

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

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.