A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.