Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

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.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

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