Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Our distrust is very expensive.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.