All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Ifyou are 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.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.