One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Neversay more than is necessary.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

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.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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