Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.