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.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

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

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.