Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour