Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

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

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal