The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour