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.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Example is better than following it.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.