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

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

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.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.