Our distrust is very expensive.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

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.