Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

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

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

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.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.