Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

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.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

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

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