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

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

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.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

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.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.