Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.

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

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

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

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.