Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

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

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.