Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Supicion of one's own motives is especially necessary for the philanthropist and the executive.

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

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.