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.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.