Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

When weblame, we give away our power.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

... 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

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

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.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.