Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

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

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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.