Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

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

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Nevercut what you can untie.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.