The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Thenumber one goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintaintheir self-esteem.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

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.