It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

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

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.