Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Our errors are steps on the way.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

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.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.