The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out