Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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

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

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.