Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

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.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.