The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Genius is a long impatience.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.