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

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

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.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.