Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Keep things 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

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

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather thancompetitive goals.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

The numberone goal in resolving a conflict is to make sure both sides maintain theirself-esteem.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.