Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

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