The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.