Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Our distrust is very expensive.

He understands badly who listens badly.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.