Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.