Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.