Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

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

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

Don't throwout the baby with the bath water.