Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.