Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Stability is not immobility

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.