In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.