A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

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…

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.