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

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.