If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

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.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.