Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

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

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.