You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

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...

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

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.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.