There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

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

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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