Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

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

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.