Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

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.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

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

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

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.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.