The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

Conflictcan destroy a team which hasn't spent time learning to deal with it.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.