Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

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.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

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.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.