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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.