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.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.