Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

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

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.