No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

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.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

The property of power is to protect.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

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

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges