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

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.