The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave