There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

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.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

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