Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.