Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

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.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.