Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they getinto a position of power, corrupt power.

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

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?