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

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

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.

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

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

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