If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

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

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

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.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.