I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

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.