Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

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.

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

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well