Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

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

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

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...

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.