There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

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…

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Don't let life discourage your, everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.