By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

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

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.