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

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.