Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

The weaknesses of many make leader possible.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Stability is not immobility

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.

Keepthings informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea