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.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

There is no knowledge that is not power.