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

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

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

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.