The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

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

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

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.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.