Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

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

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

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…

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

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

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

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.