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

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Be yourself and speak your mind today, though it contradicts all you have said before.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.