The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Stability is not immobility

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

People say law but they mean wealth.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

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.