The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.