Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

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

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.