Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

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.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.