A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

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

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The art of showmanship is to give the public what is wants just before it knows what it wants.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money