The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

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

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

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

Every advantage has its tax

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