If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

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

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

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

Stability is not immobility

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?