Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

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

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.