Malice drinketh its own poison.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

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.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.