No one lies as much as the indignant do.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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 easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.