Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

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

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.