When you''re at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.
Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.
Opposites attract and then can''t stand each other.
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.
You see what power is holding someone else''s fear in yourhand and showing it to them!
A quiettongue shows a wise head.
I said to the almond tree, ‘''Friend, speak to me of God,’'' and the almond treeblossomed.
You can''t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for othersto come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
Everyoneis wise until he speaks.
Within-group conflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.
A man''s ruin lies in his tongue.
Power consists in one''s capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.
Evensilence speaks.
Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.
If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.
Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.
The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.
The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.
If necessity is the mother of invention, conflict is its father.
Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.
You can''t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.
Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.
Commitment in the face of conflict produces character.
Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to tryto maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.
Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.
The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.
The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.
If we manage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity anddevelopment.
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