The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning tosee things from the plant's point of view.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

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

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

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.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.