The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

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

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.