When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

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

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Much learning does not teach understanding.