You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

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

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

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.