A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

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

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

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.