Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.