Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out