Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

A half truth is a whole lie.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

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

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

No strength within, no respect without.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.