Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Ittakes time to save time.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

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

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.