Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

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

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.