If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

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

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.