Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Peoplewho can't admit they are part of the problem, will never be part of itssolution.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.