Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.