The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

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

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony