If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

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

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.