The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

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.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.