Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

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.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.