The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.