Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

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

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.