Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

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.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Wenever have the time to do it right but always have time to do it over.