Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

In thebusiness world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes,governed by self interest.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges