A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.