It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

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.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.