Genius is a long impatience.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

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.