The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

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.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Nevercut what you can untie.

To beprepared is half the victory.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.