A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

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…

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.