Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

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.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.