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

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Stability is not immobility

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.