Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

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

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of cancer cell.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.