Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

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

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.