Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

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.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.