Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

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.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.