The property of power is to protect.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

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

You can't unscramble an egg.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Power comes from sincere service

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

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.