A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.