Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

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

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di