Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.