True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

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.

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.

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

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.