A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

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

Allthings at first appear difficult.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

They know enough who know how to learn.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho