Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

People say law but they mean wealth.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.