Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.