Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

As a final incentive before giving up a

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

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind