Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.