Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

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 have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

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

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.