Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.