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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.
Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.
Pleasant words are the food of love.
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.
Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.
Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.
Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.
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
Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.