Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.