Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Power comes from sincere service

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

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself