Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

It is a good reader that makes a good book.