Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

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

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.