Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

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

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.