Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

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.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.