If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

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.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

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

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.