A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.