A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.