One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

No strength within, no respect without.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.