The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

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

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

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

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

A man of courage is also full of faith.