The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

An expert is a man, who dosent has all the answers, but he is sure that if that he is given enough money he can find them.

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

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.