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

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

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.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.