Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.