Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

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

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.