Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

The singlemost powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get up andwalk away from the table without a deal.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

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

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.