Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

To beprepared is half the victory.

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

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

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

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.