Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

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

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Thereare two sides to every question.

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

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.