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.

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

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A danger forseen is half avoided.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.