Necessity truns lion into fox.

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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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,

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.