Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

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.

No strength within, no respect without.

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.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.