Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,