Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

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.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.