Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

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

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

You'vegot to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, know when to run.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.