Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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