Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Talkback to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

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...

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

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion