It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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.