Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

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.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.