Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Only the educated are free.

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.