Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

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.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

One of the difficult things to give away is kindness - is usually returned