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.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

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

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

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