Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

A room without books is a body without soul

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

Power tires only those who do not have it.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.