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.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Assumptionof cooperative goals leads to viewing the conflict as a common problem to besolved for mutual benefit.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.