Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.