Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

A Habit is a shirt made of iron.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

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.

Nevercut what you can untie.

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!