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

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

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

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.