We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

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.