A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

God has created the world in play.

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

God made time, but man made haste.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.