If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.