Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

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 hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.