People who invite trouble always complain when it occurs.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

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.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.