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

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

People say law but they mean wealth.

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

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

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

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.