You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

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

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

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

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

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

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.