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

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

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

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.