Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.