Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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

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

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

The hardest thing to disguise is you feelings when you put a lot of relatives on the train for home.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.