Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

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.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

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

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

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.