Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

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.