Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

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 sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Hearme, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.