Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

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

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

God made time, but man made haste.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.