The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

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.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

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

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.