Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Nogarden is without its weeds.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

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.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.