A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

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

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

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

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

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

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

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.