Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The first duty of love is to listen.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Thereare two sides to every question.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

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.

The property of power is to protect.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…