Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

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

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.

Outside noisy, inside empty.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

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.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.