Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

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.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.