To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

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

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.