Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country