Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

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

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.