Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

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

A language is like living skin itself.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

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

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.