Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

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

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.