Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

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.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

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

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment