The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

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

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

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.