Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

You can't unscramble an egg.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !