Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

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

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.