Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

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

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

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.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.