All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.