Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.