Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.