Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

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

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

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

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.