Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.