Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

Stability is not immobility

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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.

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

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.