Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

As a final incentive before giving up a

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

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

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.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.