Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

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

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.