A language is like living skin itself.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

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.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.