Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

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.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.