Silenceis the mother of truth.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

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