To be preparedis half the victory.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Thegreatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

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.