Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.