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

The greatest prayer is patience.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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,