Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Oppositesattract and then can't stand each other.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

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

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.