Stability is not immobility

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.