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.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.