Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

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.