A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.