Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.