Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.