A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.