The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

It'snot the plan that is important, it's the planning.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

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

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Evena sheet of paper has two sides.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.