Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

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.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

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

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.