Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.