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

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

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

What is well done is done soon enough.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

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