Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.