Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

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.

It's better to let someone think you are an Idiot than to open your mouth and prove it.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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