Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

A teleision set is like a toaster. You press a button and the same thing pops up almost every time.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.