No problem is so deep that it cannot be overcome, given the will of all parties, through discussion and negotiation rather than force and violence.

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

One of the most pathetic—and dangerous—signs of our times is the growing number of individuals and groups who believe that no one can possibly disagree with them for any honest reason.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Never cross a man, not afraid to die.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace, and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.

How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?

The free flow of conflicting ideas and feelings is critical for creative thinking, for discovering new solutions no one individual would have come to on his own.

Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factor is attitude.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

My experience has shown me that we win justice quickest by rendering justice to the other party.

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

The better you are at communicating negotiating, and handling your fear of rejection, the easier life is.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Religion is a great force—the only real motive force in the world; but what you fellows don't understand is that you must get a man through his own religion and not through yours.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.