Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.