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.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Have adialogue between the two opposing parts and you will find that they alwaysstart out fighting each other until we come to an appreciation of difference... a oneness and integration of the two opposingforces. Then the civil war is finished, and your e

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.