The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Man wonders over the restless Sea........ the flowing waters...... the sight of the sky....... and forgets that as all wonders, man him self is the mast wonderful.