I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

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

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

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

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.