The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

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…

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.