All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

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.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

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

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.