The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.

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