Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.