Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

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