Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

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.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.