Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

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

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.