The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Many a gem of wisdom have gone unsaid, because someone lacked ability to express it.

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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Beware of the chap who reminds you that you can't take it with you . he'll try to take it with him.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.