A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

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

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...