It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

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.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.