Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

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.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

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.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Neversay more than is necessary.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.