Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

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

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

Our distrust is very expensive.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

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

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.