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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.