Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

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

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.