Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

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

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

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.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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

What is well done is done soon enough.