Past time is only eviil at a distance.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.