Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

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

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.