It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.