Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

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.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.