Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

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.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

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

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.