Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.