Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

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

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.