I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

As a final incentive before giving up a

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.