To beprepared is half the victory.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

The property of power is to protect.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

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.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.