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

A room without books is a body without soul

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted into energy,even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that can movethe world.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They