Dig a well before you are thirsty.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.