DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

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.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

A room without books is a body without soul

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.