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

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

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

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

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.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.