Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

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.

Experience is a hard teacher because SHE gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.